The B.C. Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches
Charitable organization · Abbotsford, British Columbia · BN 132154675RR0098 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,735,491) as filed with the CRA.
The B.C. Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches 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 $1.9M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from other charities. In 2024, 46 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.2M.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% 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 $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $808K in 2024, the largest being $259K to Canadian Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Church of North America. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Bcmb serves its churches in the province of bc and supports them with resources so together we are authentically called holy spirit directed passionate churches motivated to show god's love for our communities. We are called to do that with best practices and monitoring of risk management to not hinder the gospel from being proclaimed. We do that through providing pastoral credentialing and licensing for all the mennonite brethren pastors in the province of bc. We teach pastoral leadership skills require instruction on avoiding sexual misconduct in ministry and teaching biblical knowledge. W…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.7M | $615K | — | $808K | $23.8M |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $1.8M | $802K | — | $959K | $23.3M |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $627K | — | $1M | $22.6M |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $2.3M | $961K | — | $1.2M | $14.3M |
| 2020 | $2.1M | $1.7M | $457K | — | $1.1M | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $808K to 10 qualified donees:
- Canadian Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Church of North America$259K
- Columbia Bible College$243K
- BCMB Bible Camp Society$210K
- South Abbotsford MB Church$35K
- House for All Nations$18K
- North Peace Mennonite Brethren Church$13K
- Christ City Church$9,722
- Willingdon Church$8,749
- North Langley Community Church$8,749
- Arabic Evangelical Church$3,000
Received $1.2M from 46 charities:
- Northview Community Church$180K
- Willingdon Church$150K
- North Langley Community Church$148K
- Willow Park Church Mennonite Brethren$94K
- Centre Church Vancouver$86K
- Westwood Mennonite Brethren Church$60K
- South Abbotsford Mennonite Brethern Church$54K
- North Peace Mennonite Brethren Church$42K
- Tricity Church$31K
- Discovery Community Church (mennonite Brethren)$30K
- Broadway Mennonite Brethren Church$28K
- Pacific Grace MB Church$26K
- Main Street Church Society$20K
- Eagle Ridge Bible Fellowship$18K
- Central Heights Church$18K
- Black Creek Community Church$18K
- Maple Ridge Community Church$17K
- Sardis Community Church$16K
- Bethel Chinese Christian Mennonite Brethern Church$16K
- Sunridge Community Church$15K
- Refuge Church Richmond$14K
- Richmond Chinese MB Church$13K
- The Life Centre$10K
- Refuge Church Ladner$10K
- Midtown Mennonite Brethren Church$10K
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
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$442K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paul Lam (assistant moderator); Lorne Welwood (secretary); Phil Collins (cp taskforce); Laurence Matzek (member at large); Sandi Reutlinger (moderator); Jonathan Giesbrecht (sac chair); Bryan Penner (chair bcmb bible camp so); Graham Nickel (cbc rep); Andrew Kowan (member at large); Paul Fast (member at large); Paul Siemens (pmc chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The B.C. Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132154675RR0098), or read how we compute the receipt.