The First Baptist Church Armstrong B.C.
Charitable organization · Armstrong, British Columbia · BN 892745779RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($457,407) as filed with the CRA.
The First Baptist Church Armstrong B.C. is a charitable organization based in Armstrong, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $413K in revenue and $457K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $819.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 95% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $38K in 2024, the largest being $8,000 to Crossworld Inc.. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Publish worship services; mid-week activities for children youth families and seniors; focus of attention on spiritual development and includes social and emotional support; caring for needy through benevolence.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $413K | $457K | $37K | $124K | $45K | $867K |
| 2023 | $438K | $358K | $42K | $69K | $46K | $912K |
| 2022 | $329K | $326K | — | — | $44K | $831K |
| 2021 | $311K | $327K | — | — | $44K | $828K |
| 2020 | $373K | $332K | — | — | $42K | $845K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $38K to 10 qualified donees:
- Crossworld Inc.$8,000
- North America Indian Mission of Canada$5,400
- The Association of Fellowship Baptist Churches of South Central British Columbia$5,000
- Youth With A Mission (BC) Society$4,800
- Worldwide Evangelization for Christ$4,100
- Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada Inc.$2,400
- Far East Broadcasting Associates of Canada$2,400
- Empower Ministries$2,400
- The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada$1,800
- Baptist Missionary Society of Latin America$1,200
Received $819 from 1 charity:
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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$230K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jason Gervais (lead pastor); Evan Erickson (pastor of youth and wor); Cory Munk (elder); Arne Flaten (elder); Mark Hansen (elder); Wade Harvey (elder); Steven Thiessen (elder); Terry Martens (elder).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The First Baptist Church Armstrong B.C.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892745779RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.