Frederick K. C. Price

Frederick is the founder and presiding bishop of Crenshaw Christian Centre (CCC). located in South Los Angles, California. He is known for his Ever Increasing faith ministries broadcast - which is aired weekly on the radio and television

He was born on 3rd January, 1932, in Santa Monica, California.

When he started courting his high school sweetheart Betty Ruth Scott he began attending church services… They married in 1953. After they were married he stopped going to church. There was a week of old fashioned tent revivals in their town- Betty went first, he later joined her. He received Jesus as his personal saviour and soon after was born again.

He felt the call to the ministry. He heard a voice say ‘You are going to preach my Gospel’.

To begin with he carried on working as a paper cutter and being a part time assistant pastor in a Baptist church 1955-7. He struggled to define himself - served as pastor in 4 different Christian denominations. Losing his 8 year old son, Frederick 111, in 1962, killed by a car, did not help.

On 28th February 1970, he received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. and the evidence of speaking in tongue,he started considering starting his own ministry.

He co- founded with his wife Betty, the Crenshaw Christian Center (CCC) in West Los Angeles, California.

In November 1973 he moved to Inglewood, California. The membership continued to grow from the original 300. In 1977 they needed 2 services, by 1982 it needed 3 because the 1,400 seat sanctuary was always filled to capacity.
In 1981 the church bought the Pepperdine University campus. Ground was broken for the ‘The Faith Dome’ on 28th September 1986. Construction completed in 1989.
21st January 1990 the $10 million Faith Dome was dedicated, it sat 10,146.
It was debt FREE

In 1978 Apostle Frederick was instructed from God to begin a television broadcast. ‘Ever Increasing Faith Ministries’ was the result. This broadcast has gone global.

In 1990 Apostle Frederick founded the Fellowship of International Christian Word of Faith Ministries (FICWFM).

He has established several schools for ministry and formal education.
Apostle Frederick is the author of 50 books.
(See - Selected books written by Price)

His ministry has been recognized- notably by Horatio Alger and the Kelly Smith Interfaith awards.

After 35 years of service (1973-2008) he has stepped aside as pastor from CCC and installed his son, Frederick K. Price Jr as his successor. -after 8 years he resigned.

He has been married to Dr. Betty Price for 67 years - they have 4 children, 10 grandchildren and 4 great-grand children. May they all get to know Jesus as their Lord.

Apostle Frederick is the founder of CCC in Los Angeles. He began CCC in 1973 and shepherd it into a ministry of world renown, with services held in the 10,000+ Faith Dome.

Sources used
Ever Increasing Faith Ministries
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