Edward Cairns, 95, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, passed away 28 September 2024. He was a retired missionary and minister who served in British Honduras (now known as Belize). 

Edward was born 30 April 1929 in Belfast, Ireland (now Northern Ireland). He accepted Christ as his personal savior at the age of 19. His conversion awakened the desire to become a missionary that he had as a young boy and made it even stronger. 

At Beech Lawn Bible College, the call to missionary service became clear and definite to Edward. He attended the Missionary School of Medicine in London and then served as pastor for a year at a Holiness Mission in Thornton, Lancashire. 

He and his wife, Margaret, were married in 1955, and together they were members of the Calvary Holiness Church, where they had already been accepted as missionary candidates. That year, the Calvary Holiness Church merged with the Church of the Nazarene, and both Margaret and Edward were invited to Eastern Nazarene College to further their studies. 

In 1958, the Cairns were appointed as missionaries to British Honduras, which is modern day Belize. After a year in Mexico doing language study, the Cairns arrived in British Honduras in April of 1949 to begin their work. 

They served for 15 years before returning to the United Kingdom. Edward served as pastor of Megain Memorial Church of the Nazarene (formerly Ballymacarrett) in Belfast and Ardrossan Church of the Nazarene in Scotland.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Cairns. He is survived by his daughter, Jessie; sons, Peter and Stephen; seven grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren.