Grace Baptist Church

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
301289065
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Battle Creek, MI, USA
Phone
2699791000
Rating
36
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Protestant
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$132,520
Expenses
$111,757
Assets
$210,763
Liabilities
$100,000

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Rev THANG LIAN THAWN (Pastor)
  • Rev Dr Sut Sian Thang (Pastor)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Grace Baptist Church Battle Creek, Michigan, is a non-profit corporation that shall be operated exclusively for religious, educational, and charitable purposes under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or corresponding section of any future federal tax code. Our goal is for every believer to be fully functioning follower of Christ. Upon the dissolution of this organization, assets shall be distributed for one or more exempt purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or corresponding section of any future federal tax code or shall be distributed to the federal government, or a state or local government, for a public purpose The corporation shall have the power, directly or indirectly, alone or in conjunction or cooperation with others, to do any lawful acts which may be necessary or convenient to affect the charitable purposes for which the corporation is organized and to aid or assist other organizations or persons whose activities further

What it reported doing in 2024

Worship Service The Church holds a weekly worship service at 2:00 PM every Sunday. These services are held at the rented Church building at 420 N 34th Street, Springfield, MI, 49037. Worship services are conducted by the pastors or Deacons, as well as by members of the congregation who have been tasked with leading particular portions of each service, such as a hymn or reading from scripture. The pastors of the Church lead the worship service. The Church has two ordained pastors, the honorary retired senior ordained Pastor Rev. Dr. Sut Sian Thang and Church Pastor Rev. Thang Lian Thawn. They both completed the Seminary School and are ordained ministers. The worship service program began with singing the praise and worship, continuing with announcements, scripture reading, and solo singing. Then, the program continues with group songs from church members and the church choir. Ushers distribute an offertory and tithes collection basket so attendants can donate and provide the offering. Then the pastors or guest speakers deliver the sermon, and the ordained minister's prayer concludes the service. The guest speakers may be pastors from other congregations around town who come to preach sermons, entertainers such as soloists, or choirs from other churches around town who sing during worship service times. The entire worship service took about two hours.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.7%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.89; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.47; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.6%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.