Tennessee pastor Josh Sullivan was kidnapped while preaching on a mission to South Africa—Newsweek has broken down what we know about him. Sullivan, a missionary from Tennessee, was abducted ...

Josh Sullivan, a U.S. pastor kidnapped at gunpoint while delivering a sermon in his church in South Africa Thursday evening has been rescued in a shootout that left three suspects dead ...

An American pastor abducted by gunmen during his sermon at a South African church last week was rescued during a deadly “high-stakes” shootout, which left three suspects dead. Josh Sullivan ...

US pastor Josh Sullivan rescued in South Africa shootout after being abducted during sermon, 3 suspects dead: police By . Nicholas McEntyre. Published April 16, 2025, 3:43 a.m. ET.

Josh Sullivan, 45, was kidnapped last Thursday during an evening service in Motherwell, a township in Gqeberha, formerly known as Port Elizabeth, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, the ...

Gunmen in South Africa have abducted a U.S. missionary from his church as he was delivering a sermon, police and a colleague said Friday. Pastor Josh Sullivan was abducted late Thursday at the ...

Mr. Sullivan, a 34-year-old father, moved to South Africa in 2018 with his wife and family on a mission for the Fellowship Baptist Church, where he has been a staff member for more than a decade ...

Josh Sullivan is an East Tennessee native from Maryville, according to his family's blog, Sullivans in South Africa. He graduated from the Bible College at Fellowship Baptist Bible Institute in 2015.

Josh Sullivan, 45, ... Kidnappings in South Africa have increased by more than 264 percent in the last decade. It was first reported that Iamaleava was in Name, Image and Likeness, ...

Joshua Sullivan, a Tennessee pastor doing missionary work in South Africa, was kidnapped on April 10. (Facebook) Sullivan remains "cool and calm" and is "handling" the situation, Hatley said.

South African authorities said American pastor Josh Sullivan, who was kidnapped from his church in the Eastern Cape Province, has been rescued after a "high-intensity shootout" that left three dead.

A photo of Josh Sullivan preaching posted by pastor Tom Hatley. Facebook. Josh Sullivan, his wife and their two children were set to first arrive in South Africa in November 2018 to "plant a ...