AMERICAN PASTOR'S KIDNAPPING IN SOUTH AFRICA FUELED BY SOARING ARMED ROBBERY INCIDENTS IN RECENT YEARS. Sullivan asked for privacy, but said he would tell his "miraculous" story "when the time is ...

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.

JOHANNESBURG, April 16 (Reuters) - South African police have rescued a kidnapped American pastor "miraculously unharmed" following a deadly shootout, authorities said on Wednesday. Josh Sullivan ...

Kidnappings in South Africa have surged in the last decade, with about 17,000 cases reported between April 2023 and March 2024, according to the Institute for Security Studies, or I.S.S., an ...

South African police have rescued a kidnapped American pastor "miraculously unharmed" following a deadly shootout, ... Gqeberha, South Africa, April 16, 2025. REUTERS/Deon Ferreira ...

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 ...

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 ...

American pastor Josh Sullivan was rescued Tuesday amid a shootout between South African police and his captors that left three suspects dead, authorities said Wednesday. Sullivan, originally from ...

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 ...

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 ...