Chinese Tabernacle Baptist Church
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 894816131RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($305,460) as filed with the CRA.
Chinese Tabernacle Baptist Church is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $5M in revenue and $305K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 43% from donations.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $70K in 2024, the largest being $21K to Baptist Bible Fellowship International (BBFI). Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $673K in 2020 to $5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature as recorded in mark 16:15. Evangelistic and teaching ministries at our church youth camps. We help support missionary families through the baptist international missions inc. & baptist bible fellowship inc.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5M | $305K | $164K | — | — | $6M |
| 2023 | $345K | $267K | $174K | — | $71K | — |
| 2022 | $294K | $254K | $168K | — | $68K | — |
| 2021 | $328K | $188K | $90K | — | $86K | — |
| 2020 | $673K | $126K | $51K | — | $63K | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $70K to 13 qualified donees:
- Baptist Bible Fellowship International (BBFI)$21K
- Baptist International Missions (in Ontario) Inc.$13K
- Central Missionary Clearinghouse$8,422
- Greater Vancouver Baptist Church$7,800
- Victory Baptist Church$2,807
- Baptist Missions to Forgotten Peoples - Canada$2,600
- New Hope Baptist Church$2,600
- Baptist World Mission$2,600
- Bethel Baptist Church$2,600
- Bearing Precious Seed Canada (BPS Canada)$2,400
- Midtown Baptist Church$2,200
- Fortress of Faith Radio$1,200
- Huntsville Bible Baptist Church$810
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
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$108K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Fred A. Davis (pastor); Helen H. Wei (director & treasurer); Yung-Ping (ben) Lee (director); Xinzhi (george) Deng (director); Peter Thai (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chinese Tabernacle Baptist Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894816131RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.