The search goes on for American pastor kidnapped at gunpoint in South Africa
The search continued Tuesday for an American pastor from Tennessee who was kidnapped at gunpoint in South Africa last week while serving there as a missionary.
The search continued Tuesday for an American pastor from Tennessee who was kidnapped at gunpoint in South Africa last week while serving there as a missionary.
Josh Sullivan, 35, had been living in South Africa with his wife, Meagan, and their children since 2018, The Associated Press reported, citing the Fellowship Baptist Church blog.
But Thursday evening, a group of armed men raided Sullivan's small congregation, a branch of the Fellowship Baptist Church in the southern town of Motherwell, as he was leading a prayer service, South African local police told the AP.
Police spokesperson Captain Andre Beetge said the pastor was taken captive and forced into his own truck, with the vehicle later found abandoned nearby. Beetge did not immediately respond to a request for comment from NBC News.
Hawks, the branch of the South African Police Service which investigates organized crime, confirmed to NBC News in a statement Tuesday that it was investigating Sullivan's abduction.
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