USA Pastor Josh Sullivan was kidnapped during church service in South Africa

A American pastor was abducted by armed men after attacking the church service in South Africa.

Cosh Sullivan, Josh Sullivan in the Baptist Church in a town of Gkeberra on Thursday, “four armed and mascara suspects”, police spokesman and BBC.

Men stole two phones before escaping the church in the 65-year-old pastor’s pastor in Toyota Fortuner. Then the police left the vehicle, but Mr. Sullivan did not have a trace.

The US State Department spokesman said they were aware of the abduction of a US citizen in South Africa.

They said that there was no more priority from the security and safety of US citizens abroad.

Capt Beetge told the BBC that the situation was handed over to the South African Elite Police Department, known as serious organized and commercial crimes and high-level corruption.

“Currently, the police said, finding the victim and follow all the possible leaderships to catch the sinners,” Hawks Spookesman Lt Col Avele Fumba.

Jeremy Hall, Sullivan family spokesman reported to the local newspaper Paying time When the incident took place, he was in the church with his wife and children.

“They knew his name,” he said.

Mr Sullivan’s mother Tonya Morton Rinker wrote that he was heartfelt on Facebook.

He added: “Our congressman and our American embassy are working to find it.”

No ransom has been asked for personal own News24.

Mr. Sullivan describes himself as a “church planted missionary” on its own website.

On top of that, in 2018, he said he moved to South Africa in 2018 to build a church for people who speak Hosa.

Over the past decade, there has been an increase in 264% during theft in South Africa, according to police statistics.

A few days ago, a Chinese Chinese National Gqberra was abducted.