Bethel Baptist Church
Charitable organization · High Prairie, Alberta · BN 118804806RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($223,172) as filed with the CRA.
Bethel Baptist Church is a charitable organization based in High Prairie, Alberta, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $183K in revenue and $223K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 86% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $17K in 2024, the largest being $7,000 to Alberta Baptist Assoc. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $82K in 2020 to $183K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Conduct sunday morning and midweeks services. Ministering to the spiritual needs of the community. Sharing our faith with others (evangelism) having time to get together in fun (fellowship) training people through sunday school bible teachinga nd small groups pastoral care is provided by pastor and deacons we have seasonal functions open to our community
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $183K | $223K | $121K | — | $102K | $717K |
| 2023 | $209K | $171K | $159K | — | $11K | $758K |
| 2022 | $142K | $71K | $57K | — | $14K | $720K |
| 2021 | $102K | $94K | $81K | — | $13K | $650K |
| 2020 | $82K | $90K | $74K | — | $16K | $26K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $17K to 5 qualified donees:
- Alberta Baptist Assoc$7,000
- North American Baptists Inc. (canada)$5,000
- Sturgeon Lake Bible Camp$3,500
- The Peace River Bible Institute$1,500
- RBC Ministries$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$59K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tracey Hopkins (church clerk); Brendan New (vice moderator); Aaron Harbidge (trustee); Charles Collett (moderator); Ernest Harbidge (director); Lois Dunn (treasurer); Brendan New (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bethel Baptist Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118804806RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.