According to law enforcement, the American pastor, who was kidnapped by an armed man while preaching a sermon in South Africa last week, was rescued a few days later.
As reported previously by Blaze News, Josh Sullivan was preaching during a Thursday evening service at Fellowship Baptist Church in Motherwell, a town outside Gqeberha in South Africa’s Eastern Cape. Suddenly, four armed men accused Sullivan of Tennessee in front of their wife and six children.
“Thank you for your support and prayers. Please don’t stop praying for Sullivan.”
The Hawks – a specialist police force investigating organized, economic, corruption and other serious crimes – reportedly pursued the temptation offenders. On Tuesday, law enforcement rescued Sullivan in a safe house, engaged in a “high-intensity shootout” with suspected temptation.
South African police statement“As officers approached the house, they observed a vehicle on the premises. The suspect inside the car was reportedly seen law enforcement and fled at the team and attempted to fire.”
“Officers responded with tactical accuracy, leading to a high-intensity shootout in which three unidentified suspects were fatally injured,” police said.
Law enforcement officers rescued Sullivan from the vehicle.
Fellowship Baptist Church in Tennessee It is listedTom Hatley, pastor of the church, “Praise the Lord!” I said “Josh has been released. Thank you for your support and prayers. Please don’t stop praying for Sullivan.”
Church secretary Heather Shirley said Christian Post The God “was the one who protected him and cared for him, and that is what we have always prayed that we would take him and take him home.”
Shirley said, “I want Josh to tell the whole story the way he wants, or give us something to give people something, so that they can understand exactly how he felt. I don’t think I can understand how he felt in that situation. I mean, I needed a hedge around him, provided by God. That’s the only explanation.”
Sullivan – a Self-proclaimed “Church Planting Missionary” – Arrived in South Africa in 2018 and made plans to “complete language schools and plant churches in people who speak Xhosa.”
Missionary Mark Coffey I said Sullivan said, “Josh’s love for the people of Xhosa is evident in everything he does. He does not only serve them. He will walk with them, learn from them, and put his life into building lasting relationships rooted in the love of Christ.
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