Tennessee pastor kidnapped in South Africa rescued in 'high-stakes shootout'

By Brittany Coggins - Posted at Fox 17 News:

SOUTH AFRICA (TNND) — An American pastor from Tennessee who was kidnapped at gunpoint in South Africa has been rescued after a "high-stakes Gqeberha shootout," according to the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (HAWKS).

Josh Sullivan was at the Fellowship Baptist Church in Motherwell on Thursday night, preaching to a congregation of around 30 people, including his wife and six children, when the masked men interruped a prayer service and forced the pastor to leave with them at gunpoint, multiple outlets reported.

A HAWKS-led operation followed intelligence information to a safe house in KwaMagxaki, Gqeberha, where they believed Sullivan was being held, officials said in a statement.

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• Services | SAPS (South African Police Service)

See also:

• Kidnapped US missionary rescued ‘miraculously unharmed’ (Christian Post)
• Rescued: Friends, family of freed missionary 'filled with praise to God' - The Baptist Paper
• 'God performed a miracle' says pastor Josh Sullivan after kidnapping - My Christian Daily