[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 3, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E203]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
REMEMERING APOSTLE FREDERICK K.C. PRICE
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HON. MAXINE WATERS
of california
in the house of representatives
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Ms. WATERS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Apostle
Frederick K.C. Price of Los Angeles, California, who died on February
12, 2021 at the age of 89.
Apostle Frederick K.C. Price is the founder of Crenshaw Christian
Center (CCC) in Los Angeles, California. He began CCC in 1973 and
shepherded it into a ministry of world renown, with services held in
the 10,000-seat FaithDome.
In 1978, Apostle Price received instruction from God to begin a
television broadcast and, as a result, Ever Increasing Faith Ministries
(EIFM) began broadcasting in five major television markets. Thus, the
television broadcast soon after became global.
EIFM can be viewed on many television stations in all 50 states and
in many foreign countries. Apostle Price is also heard on numerous
radio programs and 19 Internet broadcast stations. Additionally, he can
be seen on most social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter,
Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, and others. In 1990, Apostle Price
founded the Fellowship of Inner-City Word of Faith Ministries (FICWFM),
which later became the Fellowship of International Christian Word of
Faith Ministries before disbanding in 2017. And in 2001, he established
an East Coast church, Crenshaw Christian Center East.
A visionary and prolific author, Apostle Price is the author of some
50 books on faith, healing, prosperity, and the Holy Spirit. How Faith
Works is a classic on the operation of faith and its life-changing
principles.
Although he had already operated in the fivefold ministry gift of
apostle, in 2008 Apostle Price was publicly affirmed as an apostle of
faith. Under the mantle of the teaching gift, Apostle Price established
several schools for ministry and formal education at CCC. Among them
are Frederick K.C. Price Ill Christian Schools (preschool to 12th
grade); the Ministry Training Institute in 1985; a CCC Correspondence
School; the Frederick K.C. Price School of the Bible; and in 2008, the
Apostle Price Ministry Training Center. Over the years, Apostle Price
has received many prestigious awards, most notably the Horatio Alger
Award and the Kelly Miller Smith Interfaith Award.
A year after his affirmation and after more than 35 years of service,
Apostle Price stepped aside as pastor to formally install his son,
Frederick K. Price Jr., as his successor. For years he served as the
presiding prelate of both CCC West and CCC East and as the chairman of
CCC's board of directors.
A devout husband and proud father, Apostle Price is survived by his
wife of 67 years, Dr. Betty Price, four children, ten grandchildren,
and four great-grandchildren.
I am proud to call myself a friend of the Price family, and I extend
my deepest condolences to them and to the countless lives touched by
the life and work of Apostle Frederick K.C. Price.
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