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A Pastor from the United States was abducted at gunpoint after delivering a sermon in South Africa.
Pastor Josh Sullivan was abducted by gunmen while delivering a sermon near the coastal city of Gqeberha.
The kidnappers are believed to have kidnapped Sullivan for ransom.
South African police shared, “It is alleged that while a sermon was conducted at the church, four armed and masked male suspects entered the church.”
BREAKING: Pastor Josh Sullivan, a missionary to South Africa, was kidnapped at gun point by six men during his church service yesterday evening.
Please pray for him! pic.twitter.com/zB3NSUaNYU
— Christian Tweets (@JesusSavesUs777) April 11, 2025
Per CBS:
Gunmen in South Africa have abducted a U.S. missionary from his church as he was delivering a sermon, police and a colleague said Friday.
Pastor Josh Sullivan was abducted late Thursday at the Fellowship Baptist Church in Motherwell outside the coastal city of Gqeberha in what appeared to be a kidnapping for ransom, a colleague told AFP.Kidnappings, including by criminal gangs that target people for whom large ransoms can be demanded, have been increasing in South Africa in recent years.”It is alleged that while a sermon was conducted at the church, four armed and masked male suspects entered the church,” police told CBS News.
“They robbed two cell phones and then took the 45-year-old male pastor with them and fled the scene.”A spokesperson from the U.S. State Department told CBS News that they were aware of the kidnapping of an American citizen in South Africa. The agency said it has no further information to share at this time.
Rev. Jeremy Hall, a pastor also based in the southeastern city, told AFP the abduction was probably “financially related.”
This is Josh Sullivan, a Maryville, TN pastor in South Africa who has been kidnapped at gunpoint. Captors are demanding ransom. Please pray for him and his family.
Via WVLT pic.twitter.com/7Fi5Gl01u0
— Southern Chestnut (@AppyOrtho) April 12, 2025
Per People:
A pastor from the United States was allegedly kidnapped by multiple armed men during a service at his church in South Africa.
Missionary Josh Sullivan is believed to have been abducted on the evening of Thursday, April 10, at the Fellowship Baptist Church in Motherwell, outside the city of Gqeberha, according to multiple reports and a post on Facebook from the Tennessee-based Fellowship Baptist Church.
“Please pray for Josh Sullivan, missionary to South Africa,” the church wrote in a statement. “He was kidnapped at gunpoint by six men during their church service this evening.”
Both the AFP (via CBS News) and the BBC later reported, citing local police in South Africa, that “four armed and masked male suspects entered” the church during a sermon.
US pastor Josh Sullivan kidnapped in South Africa on Thursday. https://t.co/bWSWg4WglV pic.twitter.com/cz50Kccmh0
— Deo vindice (@roq1177) April 11, 2025
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