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Crenshaw Christian Center
Los Angeles, California
Dr. Betty R. Price was born Betty Ruth Scott on
February 9, 1934 in Gloster, Mississippi. In 1943,
at the age of nine years old she, along with her
siblings and parents, moved to Los Angeles, California
where she became a student of the Los Angeles public
school system and attended Ritter Elementary School
and Jordan Junior High School. In 1952 she graduated
from Dorsey High School where she met Frederick
K. C. Price, whom she later married on March 29,
1953 at the age of 19.
Drs. Fred and Betty Price
have four children -- Angela Marie Evans, Cheryl
Ann Price, Stephanie
Pauline Buchanan, and Frederick Kenneth Price,
Jr. All of the Price children and their sons
and daughter-in-law (A. Michael Evans Jr., Danon
Buchanan
and Angel Chavon Price) work for the Ministry
at Crenshaw Christian Center in Los Angeles. Drs.
Fred and Betty Price also have five grandchildren:
Alan Michael and Adrian Marie Evans; Nicole Denise
and Allen L. Crabbe, III; and Tyler Stephen Buchanan.
The marriage of Fred and Betty Price has spanned
50 years. The fact that all but one of those
years was spent in the ministry is a story within
itself.
In 1962, Drs. Fred and Betty Price’s eight-year-old
son, Frederick III, was struck and killed by
a car while he was coming home from school. This
was the most disastrous of many crises in the
Price
family. In her book, “Standing By God’s
Man,” Dr. Betty Price remembers, “Fred
and I tried to console each other as best we
could, and leaned a lot on one another during
this time
of hurt. My husband particularly found it hard
to get over this tragedy, but he knew and continued
to say, that it was not God who had taken our
son from us. Looking back now, we can see how
the devil
was trying to destroy us as a family.”
A
devout Christian since early childhood, Dr. Betty
continues to play a vital role in her husband’s
ministry, as well as in the operation of the
church. She and Dr. Fred Price travel extensively
all over
the world, ministering the uncompromising Word
of God. Dr. Betty also shares her personal testimony,
along with the Word, with women’s groups
and organizations. Her love and concern for others
have led to the establishment of numerous programs
and groups at Crenshaw Christian Center. They
include:
- Women Who Care, a support group for
women dealing with a variety of issues facing
women today.
- Women’s Fellowship, which
has served as a prototype for many women’s
fellowships throughout the country.
- Big Sisters/Little
Sisters Program, which is spearheaded by
young ladies who are positive role models
for our youth, and not what the world shows us as role
models, but believers from the Body of Christ.
- Alcohol/Drug
Abuse and Co-Dependency Programs, which provide
a means of helping those afflicted
with the scourge of drug abuse.
- 24-hour Intercessory
Prayer Network for members, visitors, and
friends of the Ministry.
- Cancer Support Group, which
meets weekly, uses the Word of God to assure
participants that
they can overcome cancer.
- Other support groups – which include Domestic
Violence, Young Mothers, and Relief from
Grief – meet
once a month in an effort to help bring
healing and restoration to God’s people.
- Vermont Village
Community Development Corporation (VVCDC), which is a massive effort to restore
beauty and viability to the Vermont Corridor.
- Community Outreach
Program (COP),
which distributes food and clothing to hundreds
of recipients
weekly, as well as God’s Word.
Dr. Betty was bestowed an honorary Doctor
of Divinity Degree in January 1992.
In June 1993,
she was presented
an honorary Doctorate Degree. She was
ordained to the ministry of the Gospel
in January
1994.
Over the years Dr. Betty received
numerous awards and commendations from local,
state, and federal
government agencies for her community
service work, and most recently,
received the honor
as “Woman
of the Year” from the Los Angeles
County Commission for Women in the
Second District.
She is the author
of three books, Standing by God’s
Man, which details her many experiences
as a pastor’s
wife; Through the Fire & Through
the Water: My Triumph Over Cancer,
the story of her battle
with and victory over a dreaded enemy – cancer;
and Lifestyles of the Rich & Faithful,
A Handbook for Successful Christian
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