IV 112th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 519 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 18, 2012 Ms. Waters submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform RESOLUTION Honoring Apostle Frederick K.C. Price on his 80th birthday.

Whereas, on January 3, 2012, Apostle Frederick K.C. Price celebrated his 80th birthday; Whereas Apostle Price was born in Santa Monica, California, in 1932, the eldest of two sons and one daughter of Winifred and Fred Price; Whereas Apostle Price attended McKinley Elementary School in Santa Monica, Foshay Junior High, Manual Arts and Dorsey High Schools in Los Angeles; Whereas Apostle Price received an honorary diploma from the Rhema Bible Training Center in 1976 and an honorary Doctorate of Divinity Degree from Oral Roberts University in 1982; Whereas during the next 17 years, Apostle Price embarked upon a spiritual journey, joining 4 different denominations and pastoring in 3 of them; Whereas through this spiritual journey, Apostle Price was an assistant pastor in the Baptist church from 1955 to 1957, then pastored an AME (African Methodist Episcopal) church in Val Verde, California, from 1957 to 1959; from there, Apostle Price went to the Presbyterian Church, then to the Christian and Missionary Alliance in 1965; Whereas in 1973, Apostle Price and 300 parishioners moved from West Washington to establish Crenshaw Christian Center (CCC) in Inglewood, California; Whereas in 1984, the Crenshaw Christian Center outgrew its Inglewood facility resulting in the purchase of the former Pepperdine University Los Angeles campus; in 1986, the construction of the Faithdome began, was finished in 1989, and dedicated on January 21, 1990; Whereas the Faithdome is one of the largest church sanctuaries in the United States, with seating for just under 10,000 people, which is more than enough to accommodate the 4,000+ regular attendees out of a church membership that totals over 22,000; Whereas in 1990, Apostle Price founded the Fellowship of Inner City Word of Faith Ministries, which has since been renamed to the Fellowship of International Christian Word of Faith Ministries, whose mission is to provide fellowship, leadership, guidance, and a spiritual covering for those desiring a standard of excellence in ministry; Whereas in 1998, he received the prestigious Horatio Alger Award and The Kelly Miller Smith Interfaith Award; Whereas in 2003, Apostle Price established the New York Church-Crenshaw Christian Center East; Whereas in 2010, Apostle Price established a new Ministry Training School in 2010 at the West Coast campus of Crenshaw Christian Center in Los Angeles; Whereas Apostle Price met his wife, Betty Price, while attending Dorsey High School; they married in March 1953, and have 4 children—Angela Marie Evans, Cheryl Ann Price, Stephanie Pauline Buchanan, and Pastor Frederick Kenneth Price; Whereas Crenshaw Christian Center has also birthed F.K.C.P. III Schools, which encompasses a preschool, elementary, middle, and high school; Whereas Apostle Price is known worldwide through the Ever Increasing Faith TV, radio, CD, and tape ministry, which reaches more than 15,000,000 households each week and airs in 15 of the 20 largest markets throughout the United States, according to recent Nielson ratings; Whereas Apostle Price has authored 50 books on faith, healing, prosperity, and the Holy Spirit, with over 2,100,000 copies in print since 1976; and Whereas through his ministry, he serves as an inspiration to the faith community: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives honors Apostle Frederick K.C. Price for his 80th birthday and his philanthropy, service and social justice efforts worldwide.