9 h. ago US missionary kidnapped during church service rescued after shoot

US citizen Josh Sullivan, from Tennessee, has been based in the Motherwell township branch of the Fellowship Baptist church since 2018

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10 h. ago US pastor kidnapped during sermon in South Africa rescued after shootout

Joshua Sullivan was abducted from his church by four gunmen, but is now recovering and in ‘excellent condition’South African police have rescued an American pastor who was abducted last week while he was conducting a sermon, as kidnappings have soared over the last decade in the country.Three unidentified suspects were killed during the “high-intensity shootout” on Tuesday in which Joshua Sullivan, a missionary from Tennessee, was rescued, the Hawks, the police unit that deals with serious crime in South Africa, said in a statement. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago A US pastor abducted in South Africa has been rescued after a police shootout

South African law enforcement officials have rescued an American missionary who was abducted by armed and masked men as he was preaching in the Eastern Cape province last week

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18 h. ago Major update on US pastor kidnapped while delivering sermon in South Africa after shootout leaves his three abductors dead

American pastor Josh Sullivan, 34, was kidnapped from the Fellowship Baptist Church Motherwell in the Mandela Bay township of what was once Port Elizabeth by 4 masked gunmen

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61 h. ago Chilling new detail in abduction of Tennessee pastor snatched as he was delivering sermon in South Africa

The suspects snatched Tennessee native Josh Sullivan, 45, while he was delivering a sermon in front of around 30 people including his horrified wife and children.

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4 d. ago Fears for US pastor kidnapped at gunpoint in front of wife and children during church sermon in South Africa

Four men broke into the Fellowship Baptist church in Motherwell Township, stealing two cellphones from members of the congregation before took away the pastor in his own truck.

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7 d. ago Kim Shin Jo: The bizarre life of a failed North Korean assassin who became a pastor in the South

Kim stunned South Korea by saying that his team came ‘to slit the throat of Park Chung Hee’

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8 d. ago Parents slammed for 'ruining their kids' life' after teacher reveals struggle to pronounce bizarre name

Mike, from New York, recently took to TikTok to relay a story told by a teacher friend of his, who came across a name that was more riddle than moniker.

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‘I spent the most bizarre five months of my entire life with Val Kilmer,’ the ‘Harry Potter’ star said

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3 w. ago Brendan Rodgers has MADE Celtic look like an 'easy life' and John Barnes has a cheek after bizarre pop – Chris Sutton

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4 w. ago Schoolgirl, 16, died after A&E doctors failed to spot she was having her first ever asthma attack and sent her home, inquest told

Billie Wicks, 16, tragically died after doctors at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, north London, failed to spot she was having her first ever asthma attack, in September 2024.

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