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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by TERRY LAW MINISTRIES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,143,304
Total expenses
$1,960,414
Contributions and grants received
$2,015,430
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$779
Investment income
$64,702
Other revenue
$62,393
Total assets, end of year
$2,444,290
Total liabilities, end of year
$241,859
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,202,431
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,751,576
Management and general expenses
$131,023
Fundraising expenses
$77,815
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,751,576

Program services were 89.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,015,430

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,405

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PUBLICATION ROYALTIES

    total $779 · excluded $779

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $65,026 · related or exempt $53,218 · excluded $11,808

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $18,624

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $18,948

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$324

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$324 · related or exempt -$324

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $2,466

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $2,466 · excluded $2,466

  • 11a · Other revenue: TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENTS

    total $32,896 · excluded $32,896

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $27,482 · excluded $27,482

  • 11c · Other revenue: INVENTORY SHRINKAGE

    total -$451 · excluded -$451

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $59,927

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $264,898 · program services $238,408 · management and general $26,490

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $170,893 · program services $153,804 · management and general $17,089

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $71,153 · program services $64,038 · management and general $7,115

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $24,035 · program services $21,631 · management and general $2,404

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $38,580 · management and general $38,580

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $217,245 · program services $217,245

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $26,856 · management and general $2,686 · fundraising $24,170

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $224,475 · program services $165,593 · management and general $12,546 · fundraising $46,336

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $10,299 · program services $9,435 · management and general $864

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $28,617 · program services $25,755 · management and general $2,862

  • 17 · Travel

    total $93,965 · program services $93,965

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $21,557 · program services $16,168 · fundraising $5,389

  • 20 · Interest

    total $11,707 · program services $10,536 · management and general $1,171

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $38,007 · program services $34,206 · management and general $3,801

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,544 · management and general $13,544

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROJECT EXPENSE

    total $549,506 · program services $549,506

  • 24b · Other expenses: DONATIONS TO MINISTRIES

    total $143,801 · program services $143,801

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS OTHER

    total $9,356 · program services $7,485 · management and general $1,871

  • 24d · Other expenses: PARTNER EVENTS

    total $1,920 · fundraising $1,920

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,108,620 · end of year $529,906

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $632,057 · end of year $1,333,556

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $8,683 · end of year $8,231

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,406,149

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $942,380

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $510,787 · end of year $463,769

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $71 · end of year $9,873

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $2,512 · end of year $14,461

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $72,686 · end of year $84,494

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $53,265 · end of year $56,021

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $262,254 · end of year $185,838

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,806,058 · end of year $1,544,290

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $213,839 · end of year $658,141

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO TAKE THE MESSAGE OF JESUS CHRIST TO NATIONS THAT ARE HOSTILE TO THE GOSPEL, EMPOWERING LOCAL BODIES OF BELIEVERS TO SUPPORT THE SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL TRANSFORMATION OF LIVES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO TAKE THE MESSAGE OF JESUS CHRIST TO NATIONS THAT ARE HOSTILE TO THE GOSPEL, EMPOWERING LOCAL BODIES OF BELIEVERS TO SUPPORT THE SPIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL TRANSFORMATION OF LIVES.

  • CHINA: THE CHARITY CONTINUED ITS TRAINING AND DISCIPLESHIP PROGRAMS IN CHINA THROUGHOUT 2024. THERE WERE 2,053 NEW STUDENTS ENROLLED AND A TOTAL OF 4,546 STUDENTS STUDYING IN THE ABC DISCIPLESHIP AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM. WE HAD 1,500 STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM THE ABC PROGRAM AND HAVE OVER 1,200 WAITING TO ENROLL. WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 397 STUDENTS IN THE CMS MISSION SCHOOL PROGRAM AND GRADUATED 72 CMS STUDENTS. THE ABC AND DMS PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO BE A MAJOR OUTREACH OF WORLD COMPASSION IN SPREADING THE GOSPEL IN CHINA ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT TRAINING OF BELIEVERS THROUGHOUT THE NATION. IN 2025, WE HOPE TO ADD 7,000 NEW STUDENTS TO THESE PROGRAMS. CUBA: IN 2024, THE CHARITY CONTINUED TO SUPPORT CHURCH PLANTING EFFORTS IN THE COUNTRY OF CUBA BY SUPPORTING TWO CHURCHES THAT STARTED TO BUILD, REMODEL AND EXPAND THEIR BUILDINGS. IN ORDER FOR PASTORS TO REACH THOSE IN NEED AND SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY AT CHRISTMAS, WE PROVIDED FOOD AND SUPPLIES FOR THEM TO DISTRIBUTE. WE PLAN TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THE PASTORS IN CUBA TO HELP THEIR CHURCH PLANTING EFFORTS AND CHURCH BUILDING PROJECTS IN 2025. IRAN: THE CHARITY CONTINUED PLACING BIBLES IN IRAN IN 2024. WORLD COMPASSION SUCCESSFULLY DELIVERED OVER 8,000 BIBLES INTO IRAN IN 2024. WE PLAN TO CONTINUE MOVING BIBLES INTO THE COUNTRY, CREATING ONE ON ONE CONNECTION POINTS BETWEEN CHRISTIANS, NEW BELIEVERS, AND EVEN MUSLIMS THAT ARE SEEKING THE TRUTH IN GOD'S WORD. TO FURTHER SUPPORT THE LEADERS AND PASTORS OF IRAN, WE HOSTED A WEEKLY VIRTUAL TEACHING TO IRANIAN PASTORS AND LEADERS. IN 2025, WORLD COMPASSION HAS A GOAL OF DISTRIBUTING 500 DISCIPLESHIP KITS AND 40,000 BIBLES. IRAQ: IN 2024, WORLD COMPASSION CONTINUED THE SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM FOR REFUGEE WOMEN. WE HAD 471 NEW STUDENTS JOIN THE PROGRAM AND 317 WOMEN GRADUATED FROM THE PROGRAM. THE SKILLS THEY LEARNED WILL HELP DEVELOP A NEW LIVELIHOOD FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES. WHILE ATTENDING THE SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM, CHILDCARE IS PROVIDED, AND THE GOSPEL IS SHARED. THE CHARITY SERVED 5,594 FAMILIES THROUGH THE MOBILE MEDICAL TRUCK, WHERE THEY WERE SEEN BY DOCTORS AND PROVIDED BASIS MEDICAL CARE. AT EACH VISIT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PRAYER AND THE GOSPEL TO BE SHARED. WORLD COMPASSION FUNDED TWO SMALL BUSINESS START-UPS FOR CHRISTIAN FAMILIES. THE CHARITY ALSO DISTRIBUTED 500 RELIEF PACKS OF FOOD, SUPPLIES AND BIBLES DURING CHRISTMAS, AS AN OUTREACH TO FAMILIES. IN 2025, WE HOPE TO EXPAND THE MEDICAL OUTREACH TO MORE VILLAGES, PLAN TWO ADDIONAL SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAMS AND HELP SIX SMALL BUSINESSES LAUNCH. MYANMAR: DURING 2024, WORLD COMPASSION CONTINUED TO TRAIN AND DISCIPLE STUDENTS AND LEADERS THROUGH LOCAL CHURCHES AND PASTORS USING THE ABC CURRICULUM. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 2,683 STUDENTS ACTIVLY STUDYING ABC, 974 OF THOSE BEING NEW STUDENTS IN 2024 AND 60 STUDENTS GRADUATED FROM THE PROGRAM. THE MINISTRY TRAINING CENTRE (MTC) FOR MISSION STUDENTS SERVED 29 STUDENTS FOR A NINE-MONTH TRAINING SESSION, AND 40 STUDENTS ENROLLED FOR THE NEXT NINE MONTHS OF TRAINING. A TOTAL OF SEVEN STUDENTS GRADUATED FROM MTC IN 2024. THE CHARITY PROVIDED OVER 500 RELIEF PACKS OF FOOD, SUPPLIES AND BIBLES TO FAMILIES THROUGH LOCAL CHRUCHES AT CHRISTMAS, PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRAY AND SHARE THE GOSPEL. IN 2025, WE HAD TO ADD 2,000 NEW ABC STUDENTS, SUPPLY LOCAL CHURCHES WITH OUTREACH SUPPLIES TO REACH THOSE IN NEED IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND HELP BUILD A NEW SCHOOL TO PROVIDE A CHRISTIAN EDUCATION TO YOUNG CHILDREN. UNITE MY CITY: IN 2024, THE CHARITY ORGANIZED PASTOR CONNECT LUNCHES, MEETINGS AND ACTIVITIES TO STRENGTHEN AND UNIFY THE PASTORS AND CHURCH IN TULSA. OTHER MINISTRY ACTIVITIES: DURING 2024, JASON LAW SPOKE AT A FEW CHURCHES AND HOSTED SEVERAL PASTORS ON RETREATS TO STRENGTHEN AND DEVELOP CHURCH PARTNERSHIPS WITH WORLD COMPASSION. JASON LAW TRAVELED TO THE UNITE KINGDOM TO HOST PARTNER DINNERS TO GIVE UPDATES AND CONNECT WITH DONORS. THE MINISTRY SENT MONTHLY COMMUNICATIONS TO THOUSANDS OF PARTNERS IN CONTINUING MISSION FULFILLMENT OF WORLD COMPASSION.

    Expenses $1,751,576 · Revenue $779

  • DONATIONS TO OTHER EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP FURTHER THEIR EXEMPT PURPOSE.

  • AMORTIZATION OF LOAN FEES AND UNPUBLISHED BOOKS.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jason Law

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $132,500
    From this org
    $68,385
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $64,115
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jeffery Geuder

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Beth Law

    SECRETARY/TR

    Total calculated
    $55,250
    From this org
    $55,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Chris Hart

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $36,000
    From this org
    $6,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,000
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joel Vesanen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $41,148
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,148
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Borrows

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matthew Swaggart

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202503209349302325

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