Physical Address
304 North Cardinal St.
Dorchester Center, MA 02124
American pastor Josh Sullivan posted a statement after being rescued from captivity after a deadly shotgun in South Africa Province of the Eastern Cape.
“I want to start thanks to God for giving me what was undoubtedly the worst experience of our lives,” Sullivan wrote in a press release. He said she was “Personal relationship with Jesus“He gave him the strength he needed to survive.
Joshua Sullivan was abducted by armed men on April 10th. (Baptist Church/Facebook)
American pastor abducted in South Africa saved after a deadly police shooting
“I am deeply grateful to the thousands of people who prayed for me while I was in captivity. It was because of these prayers that God took a miracle a few nights ago.”
Sullivan also expressed gratitude to the Priority Crime Priority Investigation Directorate, Hawks, FBISpecial Diplomatic Security Agents (DSS) and South African police. He also said that he was grateful to his wife “whose strength and resistance made the strongest woman in the world last week.”
Josh Sullivan, an American Pastor of Tennessee, has been working with his wife and their children as a missionary in South Africa since 2018. (Fellowship Baptist Church Motherwell/Facebook)
Sullivan asked for privacy, but said he would tell his “wonderful” story “when the time comes.”
Hawks said that the surgery led by the Agency “resulted in a successful rescue of an American citizen,” supposedly a local pastor who was allegedly abducted and held at a safe house in Kwamagxaki, Gqeberh, April 15, 2025. “
Josh Sullivan was safely saved on Tuesday, according to officials in South Africa. (AP)
Click here to get the Fox News app
Sullivan was abducted when four men broke into his church and dragged him off the pulpit, according to Associated Presswhich added that his truck was found hours later. Outlet reported that Sullivan is based in the Baptist Church Branch of the Motherwell Township since 2018.
Elizabeth Pritchett contributed to this report.
