‘Miraculously unharmed’: American pastor kidnapped in South Africa rescued after deadly police shootout
(FOX NEWS) — A kidnapped American pastor was rescued in South Africa following a deadly shootout at a house in the country’s Eastern Cape province, officials announced Wednesday.
The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (HAWKS) said an operation led by the agency “resulted in the successful rescue” of an American citizen, “reportedly a local pastor who had allegedly been kidnapped and held at a safe house in KwaMagxaki, Gqeberha, on 15 April 2025.”
Though the news release did not name the pastor, 34-year-old Josh Sullivan, of Tennessee, was kidnapped by several armed, masked men last week at his church in the Eastern Cape, Fellowship Baptist Church Motherwell.