Jeff Bailey
currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer and Secretary for FirstLove Ministries. As a teen, Jeff trusted Christ to take away his burden of sin. Since then, the Lord has taught him much, and he desires to be a faithful steward of all the time and resources God has given him. Growing up in rural West Virginia on a small black angus farm combined with a love for math gave rise to his career as a mathematical statistician for the USDA. Now retired, he enjoys “helping” ministries in the church, yard and garden work, mountain biking, and his grandchildren. He also volunteers as a budget coach for Crown Financial and as treasurer for his local HOA. Jeff and his wife Linda have five children and 22 grandchildren and attend Covenant Reformed Baptist Church in Warrenton, VA.
Mission Trips
Philippines Missions Trip – April 2024
By FirstLove Missions | | Missions, Philippines, Updates
For this year's mission work in the Philippines, the FirstLove team traveled to Baguio City and ministered in the surrounding mountain region from April 19 -28. During this time, the team would hold four conferences at local churches with the theme of Sola Scriptura (Scripture Alone) - The Bible As Our Foundation. The team would also be engaged in proclaiming God's truth on live radio, issuing the first year certificates to Grace Bible University students, proclaiming the gospel at a local gathering of municipal workers, and ministering God's Word at several local churches. Approximately 1000 books in total were distributed to the conference attendees.
Read More 
The Person & Work of The Holy Spirit – 2024 Conference Report
By Austin Huggins | | Missions, United States, Updates
This past February 23-25, 2023, many of the friends and partners of FirstLove Ministries who gathered last year at the Inaugural FirstLove Bible Conference, hosted by FBC Bagdad, came together again for the 2nd Annual FirstLove Bible Conference, with the theme: The Person & Work of The Holy Spirit.
Read More 
Mission Trip to Nepal – December 2023
By FirstLove Missions | | Missions, Nepal
Our missionary trip to Nepal in early December was truly blessed of God and bore much needed fruit. We arrived in the city of Chitwan on Friday (Dec. 1) and checked into the Rhino Hotel where wild rhinoceroses and elephants daily visited the premises. On Saturday we were dispatched to preach at various local churches […]
Read More 
Examining the New Birth – 2023 Conference Report
By Austin Huggins | | Missions, United States, Updates
This year’s conference addressed the doctrine of regeneration, commonly referred to as "The New Birth.” Biblical Christians for millennia have asked of their families, friends, neighbors, and perfect strangers the all searching question, “are you Born Again?” In our day, though the phrase, “born again Christian” has become common place, and not given a second thought. We fear that this phraseology, or the doctrine of regeneration, has been absentmindedly set aside so that it doesn’t have the weight and meaning it once did....
Read More 
2022 Nepal Mission Report
By FirstLove Missions | | Missions, Nepal
The 7th Reformed Baptist Minister’s Conference was held on November 14-17 in Pokhara, Nepal. The conference was attended by 200 pastors, most were from various regions of Nepal, but some came from neighboring countries such as India and Bhutan. Many came from long distances on bad roads and buses; one pastor had indicated that he […]
Read More 
Reformed Baptist Minister’s Conference – Pokhara, Nepal
By FirstLove Missions | | Nepal
On November 14-17, the Reformed Baptist Minister’s Conference 2022 will be held in Pokhara, Nepal. Paul Nelson, Edward Dalcour, and John Waldrip will be traveling to Nepal and speaking at the conference. FirstLove is sponsoring the printing of two books, Holiness (J. C. Ryle) and Body of Divinity (Thomas Watson). These books have been translated […]
Read More