Bethany Baptist Church
Charitable organization · Red Deer, Alberta · BN 106787815RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($441,388) as filed with the CRA.
Bethany Baptist Church is a charitable organization based in Red Deer, Alberta, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $412K in revenue and $441K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $24K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $79K in 2024, the largest being $22K to The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Worship services sunday school bible studies youth and children programs senior ministries funeral services as necessary evangelical outreach and support of missionary activities benevolence program
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $412K | $441K | $348K | $0 | $79K | $3.9M |
| 2023 | $386K | $420K | $346K | — | $63K | $3.9M |
| 2022 | $367K | $465K | $381K | — | $66K | $4M |
| 2021 | $370K | $430K | $318K | — | $92K | $4.1M |
| 2020 | $454K | $486K | $341K | — | $129K | $4.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $79K to 11 qualified donees:
- The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada$22K
- Action International Ministries Corporation$10K
- Creation Truth Ministries Inc.$10K
- Village Missions of Canada$9,510
- Assists Projects$6,835
- Send International of Canada Inc.$4,715
- MSC Canada$4,460
- Sim Canada$3,260
- Global Outreach Mission Inc.$3,150
- Little Red Camping Association$2,400
- Power to Change Ministries$1,825
Received $24K from 3 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$13K
- Abundance Canada$6,000
- Assists Projects$5,661
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$175K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lyndon Unger (elder and treasurer); Dennis Burriss (elder); Peter Erratt (elder and pastor); Thomas Smith (elder); David Street (elder); Cory Leniuk (elder).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bethany Baptist Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106787815RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.