Posted on 04/13/2025 6:20:02 AM PDT by V_TWIN
An American pastor living in South Africa was reportedly kidnapped from his church mid-sermon by a group of masked gunmen who stole from congregants and whisked the cleric away in his own truck.
Josh Sullivan, a 45-year-old Tennessee native, was taken away at gunpoint Thursday night when four men broke into the Fellowship Baptist Church in Motherwell while the pastor was preaching to a congregation of roughly 30 people, which included his wife and six children, multiple outlets reported.
The alleged kidnappers, who also stole two cell phones from churchgoers, then sped off with the clergyman in his silver Toyota Fortuner, which was later found abandoned about a mile away shortly after the harrowing ordeal, police spokesman Captain Andre Beetge told the BBC.
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AMEN!!! AMEN!!!
Agreeing with you in payer.
Amen.
Luke 11:22
But when a stronger than he shall come upon him,
and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour
wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
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