Metropolitan Bible Church Ministry Corporation
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 872612874RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,092,035) as filed with the CRA.
Metropolitan Bible Church Ministry Corporation is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $2.8M in revenue and $3.1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from donations. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $240K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 27 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 37 qualified donees totalling $458K in 2024, the largest being $133K to MBC Property Corp'n. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Teaching and evangelism sunday worship services missionary endeavours in many countries around the world weekly activities for all ages social assistance and relief encounter the truth missions
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.8M | $3.1M | $2.3M | — | $459K | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $4.6M | $4.8M | $3.7M | — | $645K | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $4.2M | $4.2M | $3.2M | — | $666K | $1.6M |
| 2021 | $3.9M | $3.8M | $2.8M | — | $659K | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $3.7M | $3.5M | $2.5M | — | $659K | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $458K to 37 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- MBC Property Corp'n$133K
- Africa Inland Mission International (canada)$31K
- Open Air Campaigners Incorporated$27K
- Associated Gospel Churches$22K
- Overseas Missionary Fellowship$22K
- Power to Change Ministries$21K
- Partners International Canada$17K
- The Evangelical Alliance Mission of Canada Inc.$14K
- Missions 3D Threshold$14K
- The Great Commission Foundation$14K
- Pioneers Canada$12K
- Crossworld Inc.$11K
- Word of Life Fellowship Canada Inc$9,800
- Send International of Canada Inc.$8,400
- Northern Canada Evangelical Mission Inc.$8,400
- Mission Aviation Fellowship of Canada$8,400
- Adventive Cross Cultural Initiatives$8,060
- Sim Canada$7,000
- Parole de vie-Bethel incorporee$7,000
- Bmmf/international Service Fellowship$7,000
- Canadian Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Church of North America$7,000
- Adventive Cross Cultural Initiatives$6,000
- Ministeres de Hockey Internationaux / Hockey Ministries International$5,775
- Friends in Formation$5,250
- Awana International Canada$4,437
Received $240K from 9 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$100K
- Canadahelps Canadon$100K
- Ross-Shire Foundation$20K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$7,497
- Dykhuizen Foundation$5,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$3,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$2,811
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,245
- Gary & Maxie Bluestein Charitable Foundation$360
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions27
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jonathan Brown (director); Kevin Ferguson (director); Andrew Harwood (secretary); Aaron Maley (vice chair); Douglas McLellan (chairman); Morris Repeta (director); Marc Bezanson (treasurer); Samuel Senathipathy (director); David Thai (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Metropolitan Bible Church Ministry Corporation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 872612874RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.