Bethel Community Church
Charitable organization · South Lochaber, Nova Scotia · BN 871436549RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($101,523) as filed with the CRA.
Bethel Community Church is a charitable organization based in South Lochaber, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $113K in revenue and $102K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,000.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $21K in 2024, the largest being $4,740 to Heartbeat Ministries. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Family church programs; weekly worship services; study groups; mission/outreach - local national international; joint worship services; community benevolent activities; disaster relief
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $113K | $102K | $73K | — | $21K | $586K |
| 2023 | $97K | $98K | $38K | — | $25K | $315K |
| 2022 | $108K | $120K | $94K | — | $15K | $543K |
| 2021 | $147K | $130K | $94K | — | $30K | $438K |
| 2020 | $98K | $102K | $77K | — | $8,801 | $226K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $21K to 10 qualified donees:
- Heartbeat Ministries$4,740
- The Samaritan's Purse - Canada$4,416
- Teen Challenge Canada Inc.$3,500
- One for Israel - Canada$3,000
- The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada/les Assemblees de la Pentecote du Canada$1,525
- Open Door Womens CARE Centre$1,500
- The Voice of the Martyrs Inc.$1,000
- ST Johns United Church$500
- Erdo$492
- Canadian 'bridges for Peace' Association Inc.$280
Received $1,000 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$36K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Norman Crowell (board member); Susan Holmes (board member); Marilyn Morrison (board member); Freda Steeves (pastor); Alexander Taylor (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bethel Community Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 871436549RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.