Maple City Baptist Church
Charitable organization · Chatham, Ontario · BN 804869881RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($835,839) as filed with the CRA.
Maple City Baptist Church is a charitable organization based in Chatham, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $858K in revenue and $836K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $888.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $21K in 2024, the largest being $3,690 to The Samaritan's Purse - Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 18 names.
In its own words
To preach and teach to the lost gospel of jesus christ and in doing so build up the kingdom of god through the church in chatham on and the surrounding area. Church hosts weekly worship services bible studies and activities for all age groups provides biblical counselling and other pastoral care and supports and monitors a worldwide missionary program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $858K | $836K | $723K | — | $21K | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $853K | $675K | $630K | — | $28K | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $597K | $487K | $449K | — | $36K | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $552K | $428K | $391K | — | $27K | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $600K | $421K | $403K | — | $30K | $1.1M |
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:
- The Samaritan's Purse - Canada$3,690
- Baptist MID-Missions$2,700
- Baptist International Missions (in Ontario) Inc.$2,700
- Teen Challenge Canada Inc.$2,400
- People's Baptist Church of Kelowna B.C.$2,400
- Ethnos Canada$2,400
- Loads of Love Humanitarian Aid & Mission Society$1,200
- Harvesters Baptist Church$1,200
- Baptist World Mission$1,200
- The Cross Current$1,000
Received $888 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$346K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Byron Archibald (trustee); Daniel Christiaans (assistant pastor); Gregory Dressler (deacon); Richard Dressler (senior pastor); Justin Egan (deacon); Dennis Floin (deacon); Herb Groenewegen (deacon); Jeffrey Marding (elder/secretary); Andrew McCombe (elder); David McKinlay (secretary trustee); Thomas Olsen (secretary trustee); Steve Peters (deacon); Travis Peters (deacon); Bruce ST Jean (deacon); Robert Wood (trustee); Steve Kloostra (chair); Kevin Sloan (treasurer); Paul Vankesteren (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Maple City Baptist Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 804869881RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.