US Pastor Abducted at Gunpoint In South Africa Rescued From Kidnappers
Missionary Josh Sullivan is home with his family after South African police staged a daring rescue to locate and retrieve the kidnapped pastor.
Sullivan was leading a prayer meeting for around 30 people at Fellowship Baptist Church in Motherwell last week when multiple masked and armed men entered the church. Brandishing weapons, the assailants stole several cell phones from congregants and led Sullivan away, all the while his wife and six children looked on.
Believed to have been taken with the intent to ask for ransom, South Africa’s elite law enforcement unit, Hawks, were able to locate the safehouse and engaged in a shootout with his captors, killing three of them.
Sullivan was found unharmed inside a vehicle on the premises.
His home church shared the good news on Facebook:
More than 17,000 people are kidnapped each year in the country, which has been marked by extreme violence and political instability.
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