Gunmen abduct visiting American pastor during sermon Armed kidnappers in South Africa have taken a US missionary hostage during a church service, according to police and a colleague, who revealed the shocking incident on Friday. Pastor Josh Sullivan was abducted late Thursday at the Fellowship Baptist Church in Motherwell outside the coastal city of Gqeberha in what appeared to be a kidnapping for ransom, a colleague told AFP. Kidnappings, including by criminal gangs that target people for whom large ransoms can be demanded, have been increasing in South Africa in recent years. “It...