Update: Franklin G. - Pastor Sullivan Rescue

Praise God for this great news! Josh Sullivan, the TN missionary pastor serving in South Africa who had been kidnapped, was rescued yesterday by local police after an intense, deadly shootout. Even though Pastor Sullivan was in the same car with the kidnappers who were killed, the police reported that he was “miraculously unharmed.” We know that this was the hand of God and we give Him the thanks and glory that Pastor Sullivan can safely return home to his family and his congregation at Fellowship Baptist Church.

Jason Hall PTG

Erin K. - Husbands Upcoming Surgery

🙏❤️💒🫶🏼Praising God that we finally have a date for my husbands hip replacement surgery. He has struggled for over a year, and tried to manage with shots with no relief. We have been waiting since the end of January for a date, and May 5th it is. Thanks for your prayers and keep them coming!

Update: Pastor Sullivan Safety and Return

 

An American church-planting missionary was abducted at gunpoint while leading a prayer meeting at his church in South Africa on Thursday, police say. 

Pastor Josh Sullivan was kidnapped from Fellowship Baptist Church in Motherwell, near the coastal city of Gqeberha, late Thursday. 

"It is alleged that while a sermon was conducted at the church, four armed and masked male suspects entered the church," police said in a statement, according to Vanguard. "They robbed two cell phones and then took the 45-year-old male pastor with them and fled the scene."

The husband and father of six has served as a missionary in South Africa since 2018, according to his family's online biography page.

He has served on the staff of Fellowship Baptist Church, an independent Baptist church in Maryville, Tennessee, since 2012 and trained under the tutelage of Pastor Tom Hatley, who has been the couple's pastor since their childhood. In an endorsement statement, Hatley said Josh and Meagan Sullivan have a "tremendous desire to share the gospel with the Xhosa people of South Africa."

Josh Sullivan completed four years of work in a satellite school of Macedonia Baptist College in Midland, North Carolina.

"Please pray for Josh Sullivan, missionary to South Africa," the church wrote on Facebook Thursday. "He was kidnapped at gun point by six men during their church service this evening."

Christianpost.com

Charleen M. -

"Hard day. 

Please pray for me"

New York Helicoper Crash - 6 dead

On Thursday afternoon, a sightseeing helicopter plunged into the Hudson River across from Manhattan.

Officials announced that all six people aboard were killed, including three children, making the incident the deadliest helicopter crash in the city in the last seven years.

The victims have been confirmed as a Spanish family: the Global CEO of Rail Infrastructure at Siemens Mobility, Agustín Escobar; his wife, Mercè Camprubí; and their children, who were 11, five, and four, who were reportedly celebrating one of their birthdays.

The Spanish family posed for photos in front of the aircraft, beaming with excitement before the gut-wrenching disaster occurred.

Igvofficial.com 

Ann S. - Missionary Josh and his family

URGENT PRAYER NEEDED!🚨

Please pray for Josh Sullivan, he and his family are missionaries to South Africa. Josh was kidnapped at gun point by six men during their Thursday evening church service and is missing!

I am asking all prayer warriors to join us in prayer for this family! 🙏🏻