Betty Price, the grieving widow of the late Crenshaw Christian Center founder Frederick K.C. Price, defended his teachings on prosperity and said a misleading ABC News report about the televangelist on the topic triggered health problems that haunted him until his death.
Uptown Magazine
Remembering the life and faith of Apostle Frederick K.C. Price.
By Jason Gordon
As nighttime fell on Southern California February 12, 2021, Heaven gained one of the world’s most impactful and prolific teachers of the Bible:
Apostle Frederick K.C. Price. When a close friend contacted me that evening to tell me the news, countless memories of my years as a member of
Crenshaw Christian Center raced through my mind. Truly, this was not a call that I was expecting.
1976 was a turning point for our family. February of that year, I was diagnosed with spinal meningitis and I was not given any hope of survival by doctors - but God had another plan. I was miraculously healed from that disease and as a result, my parents vowed to find a church that went beyond the rudimentary church experience; They wanted to find a church that would teach its parishioners how to fully apply God’s Word to their lives. Months later, at the urging of one of my aunts, my parents decide
Widow of the late televangelist Frederick Price K.C. Price, Betty Price. | YouTube/EIFMinistries
Betty Price, the grieving widow of the late Crenshaw Christian Center founder Frederick K.C. Price, defended his teachings on prosperity and said a misleading ABC News report about the televangelist on the topic triggered health problems that haunted him until his death.
“We can’t even tell you what he went through when ABC did that to him. He had worked all of his life, the whole 50-something years he had been preaching … ABC and 20/20 messed his reputation up in 10 minutes,” Betty Price recalled during a message about finding peace in a troubled environment two Sundays ago.
Frederick K.C. Price speaks during an evening session at the Vision 2007 conference held at the Christian Faith Center in Seattle, Washington, on March 9, 2007. | Christian Faith Center/File
A private memorial will be held for late televangelist and Crenshaw Christian Center founder Frederick K.C. Price in the wake of his recent death from COVID-19. Supporters and other members of the public will be allowed digital access to the event, Price’s family announced Friday.
“The family is grateful for the outpouring of love and condolences from around the globe,” reads a press statement from the ministry announcing details of the funeral service set for March 6 at 11 a.m. said on Friday.
Two days after her father's death from COVID-19, Stephanie Price Buchanan, the youngest daughter of the late Frederick K.C. Price, remembered the beloved televangelist in a touching tribute in which she called him her “first Valentine.”