According to reports, an American shepherd who lived in South Africa was kidnapped from his church in the mid -sermon by a group of masked armed men who stole from congregants and took the cleric in their own truck.
Josh Sullivan, a 45 -year -old Tennessee native, was tasks away at gunpoint on Thursday night when four men broke into the Baptist Church of Community in Motherwell while the shepherd preached to a wife congregation and six people, which reported the media.
The alleged kidnappers, who also stole two Churchgeers cell phones, then went out with the cleric in their silver toyota, which was later found abandoned at a mile away shortly after the heartbreaking Tebbbbbbb. Radios. Radios. Radios.
He said the case is managed by Hawks, a police unit specialized in the region that investigates organized crime, economic crime, corruption and other serious crimes.
“The police currently follow all possible potential clients to locate the victim and stop the perprotraters,” said the Hawks spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Avele Fumba, Outlet reported.
The Reverend Jeremy Hall, a shepherd based in the province of the Eastern Cabo and the spokesman of the Sullivan family, said he witnessed the disturbing events and fears that his colleague was kidnapped by rescue.
“They knew his name,” Hall told Timeslive.
“The men entered the Church and Initialic kept Meagan and accompanied her to him before saying:” Josh, is this his wife? “Then they pushed her to the ground and Tok Josh before driving in her vehicle.”
A rescue has not been requested, Beetge said, while urging anyone with information to be presented.
Sullivan, who describes himself as “a missionary to plant churches,” moved to South Africa with his Tennessee family in November 2018 to establish a church for people who speak Xhosa, according to his personal website.
“We are looking to finish the language school soon and plant a church for the people of Xhosa Speak,” he wrote on his website.
Sullivan has also been in Fellowship Baptist Church personnel in Maryville Sine 2012.
“Please, pray for Josh Sullivan, missionary from South Africa,” Fellowsw Baptist Church wrote on Facebook Thursday.
Since then, other followers have tasks in the personal blog of the pastor and other social media platforms to offer their good prayers and goods, since Sullivan’s family expects answers.
Family members have also asked everyone to pray for their loved one, with Sullivan’s father -in -law, David Witt, describing the status of the situation as “really tense,” Wvlt said.
Sullivan’s wife, Maegan, also issued a statement on Saturday night.
“I just want to thank you for the effusion of love and prayers,” CBS said.
“We beg you to continue assaulting the throne room until Josh is safe at home.”
The US Department of State said to the departure that the federal agency is aware of the alleged kidnapping, but did not provide additional information.
The State Department did not immediately respond to the request for Post comments.