American pastor kidnapped in South Africa thanks God after being rescued

American pastor Josh Sullivan released a connection aft helium was rescued from captivity pursuing a deadly shootout successful South Africa's Eastern Cape Province.

"I privation to statesman by thanking God for delivering maine from what was undoubtedly the worst acquisition of our life," Sullivan wrote successful a property release. He said that his "personal narration with Jesus" gave him the spot helium needed to survive.

Joshua Sullivan was kidnapped by equipped men connected April 10. (Fellowship Baptist Church/Facebook)

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"I americium profoundly grateful to the thousands of radical who prayed for maine portion I was successful captivity. It was due to the fact that of these prayers that God performed a occurrence a fewer nights ago."

Sullivan besides expressed his gratitude for the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (HAWKS), the FBI, Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) peculiar agents and the South African police. He besides said helium was thankful for his wife, "whose spot and resilience made her the strongest pistillate successful the satellite past week."

Josh Sullivan, an American pastor from Tennessee, has been moving arsenic a missionary successful South Africa with his woman and their children since 2018. (Fellowship Baptist Church Motherwell/Facebook)

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Sullivan asked for privacy, but said helium would archer his "miraculous" communicative "when the clip is right."
HAWKS said an cognition led by the bureau "resulted successful the palmy rescue" of an American citizen, "reportedly a section pastor who had allegedly been kidnapped and held astatine a harmless location successful KwaMagxaki, Gqeberha, connected 15 April 2025."

Josh Sullivan was safely rescued connected Tuesday, according to officials successful South Africa. (AP)

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Sullivan was abducted erstwhile 4 men broke into his religion and dragged him from the pulpit, according to the Associated Press, which added that his motortruck was recovered hours later. The outlet reported that Sullivan has been based successful the Motherwell township subdivision of the Fellowship Baptist Church since 2018. 

Elizabeth Pritchett contributed to this report.