Police reported that Josh Sullivan’s stolen silver Toyota Fortuner was found abandoned in Motherwell not long after the abduction.
An American pastor has been kidnapped by masked gunmen while he was delivering a sermon in front of his wife and children at a church in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province. Four armed men stormed the Fellowship Baptist Church in Motherwell Township on Thursday evening when the pastor was halfway through his sermon.
They soon snatched two cellphones from members of the congregation and abducting the pastor and fleeing in his own vehicle. Authorities have since launched an investigation into the armed robbery and abduction. « 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.
Kidnapped in Broad Daylight
« They robbed two cell phones and then took the 45-year-old male pastor with them and fled the scene », police added. Local reports have idnetified the pastor as 45-year-old Josh Sullivan, a missionary hailing from Tennessee.
On Saturday, Sullivan’s wife, Meagan, shared a message through a family representative, expressing her gratitude: « I just want to say thank you for the outpouring of love and prayers.
