JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An American pastor who was kidnapped last week by armed and masked men during a sermon in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa was rescued on Tuesday after three of his ...

Tennessee pastor Joshua Sullivan, who was kidnapped at gunpoint in South Africa on April 10, is crediting a "miracle" from God for saving his life when police rescued him days later.

Police in South Africa didn’t name 34-year-old Sullivan in their announcement, but Tom Hatley, a pastor at Fellowship Baptist Church in Maryville, Tennessee, confirmed it was Sullivan who was ...

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East Tennessee pastor Josh Sullivan was found "miraculously unharmed" in South Africa after a shootout following days in captivity. The kidnapped missionary was found April 15, the South Africa's ...

The South African Police Service confirmed Wednesday that a 45-year-old American pastor who was kidnapped at gunpoint was found safe. Officials said after he was abducted, the pastor was held at a ...

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A man named Tom Hatley, whom Sullivan describes on his blog as the pastor who trained him, posted a picture of Sullivan and his family on Facebook. “Josh has been released,” Hatley wrote.