India, April 13 -- Josh Sullivan, a US missionary, was kidnapped in South Africa on Thursday night while he was preaching at the Fellowship Baptist Church in Motherwell, which is situated at the seaside city of Gqeberha.

Sullivan's case seems to be akidnapping for ransom,according to a colleague who spoke to AFP.

In recent years, there has been a rise in kidnappings in South Africa, notably by criminal groups that target individuals for whom high ransom demands can be made.

Speaking to CBS News, Police said: "It is alleged that while a sermon was conducted at the church, four armed and masked male suspects entered the church."

"They robbed two cell phones and then took the 45-year-old male pastor with them and fled the scene."

The US...