Bailey, Richard & Teresa

Richard and TC are from Alabama. They married in 1980 after meeting at The University of Alabama. For eight years Richard and TC lived in Montgomery, Ala., where Richard ran his family hardware business and TC worked as an RN. In 1988 the Lord called Richard into full-time youth ministry at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Montgomery. In 1991, the Baileys moved to Zachary, La., and for the next 22 years Richard worked as an assistant pastor for youth, college students, and families at The Plains Presbyterian Church.

In 2007 the Baileys felt the Lord was calling them to a different ministry. On a visit to Perth, Australia, Richard and TC were deeply burdened by the urgent need for trained pastors to help out the churches in Western Australia. In 2012 Richard, TC, and their youngest son Duncan landed in Perth.

Richard is a church planter at The Canning Vale Community Church (Presbyterian) in Perth. Indian, Chinese, Malay, Samoan, Shri Lankan, and Anglo Aussies all join for worship on Sunday mornings at CVCC, and the church is growing in both numbers and maturity. It is truly a fulfilment of the Lord’s promise to bring blessing upon all the nations.