Southland Church is a 1-star charity. It has a D Results Reporting grade, which is below average. The charity is not financially transparent. Its overhead spending is 3%, outside Ci’s reasonable range. Its reserve funds can cover one year and seven months, within Ci’s reasonable limit. Before you give, please read Charity Intelligence’s report.

Southland Church is an evangelical Christian church in Steinbach, Manitoba. The church encourages each of its members to feel Christ’s love and freedom through individual relationships with Jesus.

The charity offers groups for all ages, ranging from kids, youth, young adults, and seniors. These small groups support each other and grow in faith together. The charity streams its sermons online, with accessible options for deaf viewers, and organizes seminars and retreats.

Southland Church has ministered Bird River Bible Camp since 2006. The camp is offered to children, young adults, families, and seniors. Bible River Camp offers its Prime Time weekend retreat for adults attending without children. The camp also runs Leaders Through Action (LTA), a program for high school students to lead sessions for younger campers. In F2024, the charity reported that it had 974 campers, with 284 volunteer positions filled and 43 full-time summer staff.

Southland Church gave assets to Church Renewal International, which was granted charitable status as a separate legal entity in F2022. It provides online mentoring, resources and tools to help pastors lead churches in Canada and internationally. The charity reported that 2,791 pastors received online mentoring in Fall 2024, with 390 Canadian pastors and 66 countries represented.

The charity provided for its community through acts of service. In F2024, its Thanksgiving food and clothing drive helped 2,487 people, giving out 1,764 food hampers and 500 Bibles.

The charity founded Tupendane in 2009, a separate charity that partners with Christian African organizations. In F2024, the charity reported that it provided twelve 20,000-litre clean water tanks. According to its F2023 T3010 filing with the CRA, the charity granted $156k to Tupendane.

Southland Church’s audited financial statements follow line-item costing, which is not a best practice.

In F2023, Southland Church received $5.4m in donations and special events revenue. Administrative costs are 3% of revenues (less investment income) and the charity did not report any fundraising costs. Its overhead costs are 3%. This means that for every dollar donated, 97 cents are available to go towards to the cause, which is outside Ci’s reasonable range.

Southland Church had net funding reserves of $6.4m, which can cover 158%, or one year and six months of annual program costs.

In F2022, the charity gave $2.8m in previously-donated assets to Adult and Teen Challenge, a program that helps those who struggle with addictions in Steinbach, Manitoba.  

Profile updated by Leah Holmes on August 25, 2025. Comments and corrections may be forthcoming.