Redeemer Bible Church Abbotsford
Charitable organization · Abbotsford, British Columbia · BN 119097806RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($672,451) as filed with the CRA.
Redeemer Bible Church Abbotsford is a charitable organization based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $903K in revenue and $672K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $23K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $34K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Crossworld Inc.. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $151K in 2020 to $903K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Weekly worship services and sunday school classes for pre-k to adult ages. Youth adult & senior bible studies. (weekly & monthly) moms & tots program (weekly) kids bible program (weekly) financial support for various missions organizations for evangelism within canada and overseas. Benevolent fund to those in need in our church community. Making of blankets for those in need. Pastoral care and counselling.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $903K | $672K | $541K | $1,808 | $34K | $2.6M |
| 2023 | $707K | $635K | $500K | — | $47K | $2M |
| 2022 | $568K | $413K | $332K | — | $22K | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $382K | $271K | $217K | — | $16K | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $151K | $150K | $123K | — | $15K | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $34K to 9 qualified donees:
- Crossworld Inc.$10K
- Grace and Truth Congregation$8,314
- Abwe Global Inc.$3,726
- The Evangelical Alliance Mission of Canada Inc.$3,388
- Streetcorners Ministries$3,080
- Worldwide Evangelization for Christ$2,468
- Impact Ministries Canada$2,094
- Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada$500
- Institute for Creation Research$500
Received $23K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$373K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Chalmers (pastor/elder); Richard Schellenberg (chairman); Wesley Dyck (vice chairman); Clarence Janzen (elder); Aaron Haynes (associate pastor/elder).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Redeemer Bible Church Abbotsford’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119097806RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.