Timothy “Tim” Dane Cearley, an International Mission Board missionary emeritus who shared the gospel in Zimbabwe, Portugal, Mozambique, South Africa and Botswana, died Nov. 5, 2022. He was 68.
A North Carolina native, Cearley was a graduate of North Carolina State University and Southwestern Seminary. He served as a Journeyman in Rhodesia, now called Zimbabwe.
He and his wife, Charlotte, were appointed in 1982 to serve with the Foreign Mission Board (now International Mission Board) in Zimbabwe.
The couple served as regional leaders for Sub-Saharan Africa, serving 600 missionaries in multiple countries. They also served in South Africa and Botswana before retiring after 33 years of service as a couple.
After retirement, Cearley directed the community ministries of First Baptist Church Montgomery, which included prison ministry and English as a Second Language.
He is survived by his wife; three children, Matt, Joy, and Sarah; and his parents, Robert and Bonnie Cearley.
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