[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 100 (Thursday, July 21, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1565]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             DR. FREDERICK K.C. PRICE: LIFETIME OF SERVICE

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                         HON. LINDA T. SANCHEZ

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 21, 2005

  Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California. Mr. Speaker, I want to recognize 
and congratulate one of the most distinguished pastors serving in the 
Los Angeles area, Mr. Frederick K.C. Price. Dr. Price, founder and 
pastor of Crenshaw Center and host of ``Ever-Increasing Ministries'', 
has accomplished a feat that very few have achieved in life--50 years 
of ministering the uncompromising Word of God. In 2005, Dr. Price will 
celebrate his ``Golden Anniversary'' as a minister, pastor and teacher 
of the Gospel.
  It all began on January 3, 1932, in Santa Monica, California, when 
Frederick Kenneth Cercie Price, Jr. was born as the eldest of two sons 
to Fred and Winifred Price. He has one sister, Delores W. Jones. A 
product of the Los Angeles public school system, Fred Price attended 
McKinley Elementary School in Santa Monica, Foshay Junior High, Manual 
Arts and Dorsey High School in Los Angeles, and Los Angeles City 
College. He 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; both institutions are based in Tulsa, 
Oklahoma. He was then referred to as Dr. Frederick K.C. Price.
  Dr. Price met the former Betty Ruth Scott while attending Dorsey High 
School. They were married in March 1953 and have four children Angela 
Marie Evans, Cheryl Ann Price, Stephanie Pauline Buchanan, and 
Frederick Kenneth Price, Jr. All of the Price children and their 
spouses (A. Michael Evans, Jr. and Danon Buchanon, Angel Price) work in 
the family ministry. Drs. Fred and Betty Price also have six 
grandchildren; Alan Michael and Adrian Marie Evans; Nicole Denise and 
Allen L. Crabbe III; and Tyler Stephen Buchanan and Justin Eric 
Buchanan. The marriage of Fred and Betty Price spans more than 50 
years.
  Dr. Price was an assistant pastor in the Baptist church from 1955 to 
1957, and then pastured an AME (African Methodist Episcopal) church in 
Val Verde, California from 1957 to 1959. He went from there to the 
Presbyterian Church, then to the Christian and Missionary Alliance in 
1965. In 1973, Dr. Price and 300 parishioners moved from West 
Washington to establish Crenshaw Christian Center (CCC) in Inglewood, 
CA. In 1984, CCC outgrew its Inglewood facility and purchased the 
former Pepperdine University Los Angeles campus. CCC is not the home of 
the Faith Dome, with approximately 10,000 seats, is the largest church 
sanctuary in the United States. Construction on the FaithDome began in 
1986, finished in 1989, and the Dome was dedicated on January 21, 1990. 
Currently, CCC's church membership totals over 27,000.
  In addition, in 1990, Dr. Price founded the Fellowship of Inner City 
Word of Faith Ministries (FICWFM). Members of FICWFM include pastors 
and ministers from all over the world. The Fellowship's mission is to 
provide fellowship, leadership, guidance a spiritual covering for those 
desiring a standard of excellence in ministry: In May 21, 2001, Dr. 
Price established CCC East, in Manhattan, New; the current membership 
is approximately 1,000. Dr. Price travels to New York every month to 
teach the weekly Bible Study and Sunday service.

  People all over the world know of Dr. Price through the ``Ever 
Increasing Faith'' television, radio and tape ministry. The Ever 
Increasing Faith Ministries program reaches more than 15 million 
households each week throughout the United States, according to recent 
Neilson ratings. Dr. Price is the author of some 50 books on faith, 
healing, prosperity, and the Holy Spirit. ``How Faith Works'' is a 
classic book on the operation of faith and its life-changing 
principles. He has sold over 2.1 million books since 1976. His most 
recent projects include, ``Race, Religion and Racism, Volume 1: A bold 
Encounter with Racism in The Church''.
  In September, 2000, Dr. Price was the first black Pastor to speak at 
Town Hall Los Angeles. In 1998, he was the recipient of two prestigious 
awards; the Horatio Alger Award, presented by an Alexandria, Virginia 
based association honoring those who exemplify inspirational success. 
He also received the Kelly Miller Smith Interfaith Award, presented by 
the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, honoring those who have 
made the most significant contribution through religious expression 
affecting the nation and world, and most recently, he was presented the 
Living History Makers Award by Turning Point Magazine, honoring those 
while they walk among us leaving an indelible footprint of their deeds 
while making our world a better place.

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