Sonrise Full Gospel Church
Charitable organization · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 131589285RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,136,708) as filed with the CRA.
Sonrise Full Gospel Church is a charitable organization based in Surrey, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $913K in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 87% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $112K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $145K in 2024, the largest being $145K to Apostolic Church of Pentecost of Canada Incorporated. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the church is to operate in all respects as a church teaching and practicing the doctrines of the Christian faith to its members and adherents to provide for weekly church services youth programs seniors activites summer outreach programs to neighbourhood children in the areas of Surrey and Langley BC. The church is also involved in various foreign missions programs carried on through the Apostolic Church of Pentecost of Canada Inc. primarily in Zimbabwe Afria.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $913K | $1.1M | — | — | $145K | $2.6M |
| 2023 | $858K | $924K | — | — | $134K | $2.8M |
| 2022 | $975K | $782K | — | — | $254K | — |
| 2021 | $952K | $1M | — | — | $182K | $2.7M |
| 2020 | $865K | $747K | — | — | $155K | $2.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $145K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $112K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$523K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Chris Westby (lead pastor); Gary Wiebe (treasurer); Rachel Madu (chair); Sean Watkins (director); Jacques Ngenda (director); Kori Langston (director); Cindy Skinner (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sonrise Full Gospel Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131589285RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.