Westlynn Baptist Church
Charitable organization · North Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119294411RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($497,175) as filed with the CRA.
Westlynn Baptist Church is a charitable organization based in North Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $438K in revenue and $497K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 82% from donations, 14% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $63K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $57K in 2024, the largest being $56K to Canadian National Baptist Convention. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
We hold worship services weekly and livestream them for those who cannot attend in person. One service is in English with live Russian and Farsi translation. One service is in Russian. We hold a monthly worship service in Farsi. We conduct a monthly worship service in a local long-term care home. We offer weekly Bible studies (in English Russian and Farsi) for adults and Bible-teaching programs for youth and children. We offer pastoral care including weddings and funerals. We offer social events for church members guests and visitors e.g. monthly lunches. We operate a 5-day summer day camp…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $438K | $497K | $403K | — | $54K | $342K |
| 2023 | $472K | $472K | — | — | $102K | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $320K | $351K | $276K | $0 | $46K | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $369K | $262K | $209K | — | $53K | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $364K | $272K | $220K | — | $52K | $1.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $57K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $63K from 3 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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$222K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Samuel Chua (director); Michael Parsons (director); Alexander Vergeychik (director/treasurer); David Gileff (director); Liang Yuan Zhao (director - church clerk).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Westlynn Baptist Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119294411RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.