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EVER INCREASING FAITH MAGAZINE
SUMMER 2009

Summer 2009
Vol. V, No. 2

Editor
Antracia Moorings

Columnists
Dr. LaVerne Tolbert

Contributing Writers
Pastor Robert Bolden
Kerri Webb

Art Design
Lorena Iñiguez Elebee 6 11 12
EIF Graphics Designer
Ardena Brooks

Photographers
Harry Langdon
Richard Ventura

Proofer
Gayle Williams

Make Up
16 18 23
Adrian M. Evans

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wife and the next moment, the lungs in which the air-

Passing the Baton:

Editorial Offices she’s the first lady of a legacy. ways are reversibly nar-

Consecration and Installation

7901 South Vermont Avenue Angel Price reflects on being rowed. Asthma affects 7% of

of Pastor K. Price, Jr.

Los Angeles, CA 90044 CCC’s first lady. the population, or 20 million
(323) 758-3777
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Americans, and 300 million
worldwide.
Drew Dimmel: The Voice of
E-mail:
By Kerri Webb
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Website: On Sunday, March 15, Ever Increasing Faith 23 THE WORD OF FAITH
Ministries Living A Disciplined Life
www.faithdome.or g 2009, approximately 6,000
people attended the installa-
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mony of Pastor Frederick K. For years, Drew Dimmel was No one can be successful in
Price, Jr. as he became the the voice of Ever Increasing ministry who is undisciplined.
Ever Increasing Faith Magazine is published head of Crenshaw Christian Faith Ministries—that is until There are too many undisci-
by Crenshaw Christian Center, a recognized Center as its presiding Pastor. he had to step back from the plined pastors, too many
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nonprofit corporation. 2009 Crenshaw job he loved. undisciplined evangelists, too
Christian Center. All rights reserved. UP CLOSE:
Angel Price:
many undisciplined ministers
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A Look At the New First Lady
of the gospel. In this teach-
A Look At Asthma
permission is prohibited. Ever Increasing
Faith and the logo on the back page are reg-
ing, Apostle Price shares that
istered trademarks of Crenshaw Christian to be successful, one must be
By Antracia Moorings By Pastor Robert Bolden
Center, Inc. in the United States and other disciplined!
countries where Ever Increasing Faith One minute she’s a pastor’s Asthma is a inflammation of
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Printed in the United States of America. 3 A Message from Dr. Price 18 Parenting Matters 26 Q&A: Straight Talk with
Drs. Fred & Betty Price
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 a message from dr. price invitation to salvation

If you
are not a
Entering Into God’s Rest
Christian
and
Hebrews 4:10 says, For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased

would
from his works as God did from His. In other words, stop laboring by your own
effort, and let God work on it through you.

like to
It is sometimes difficult for people to do that — cease from their own

become one,
works. Because they think they are so important that if they don’t do “it,” “it” will
not get done. But people end up killing themselves with that kind of thinking.

pray the
I do not fool myself into thinking I can do it all. I have my place, my call,
and my anointing, but I let the Greater One do the work. I am always at rest. I

following
could be stressed out right now because of all the things I have to do and all that

prayer:
I am responsible for. But I refuse to be stressed out. I have delegated authority
to others, and they do the work that they
are assigned to do.
“For he who has There is no way in the world that I
could have grown Crenshaw Christian
entered His rest Center into the flourishing congregation
that it is now if I did it on my own without
has himself also God’s help. I’m smart enough to know that
I need God—in everything. Dear GOD in Heaven,
ceased from his I know some ministers — bless
their hearts — who are trying to carry their Thank you for sending Your
works as God did entire congregation. That is impossible, Son JESUS CHRIST to destroy
the power of Satan over my life. I
from His. ” and God did not tell you to do that.
Nobody’s shoulders are big enough to do accept Jesus now as my personal
—Hebrews 4:10 that. A minister’s job is to give you the SAVIOR and LORD, and I
Word, to pray for you, and then he has to let choose to turn away from the sins
of my past to a renewed Life in
you carry yourself.
Jesus.
This past March, my son Frederick K.C. Price was formally installed
as pastor of Crenshaw Christian Center on his 30th birthday. It was indeed a
You said that if I would confess
joyous occasion to watch what was prophesied years ago fully come into fruition. with my mouth the LORD
I pray that I have lived this out for my son so that, as he pastors the church, he JESUS and believe in my heart
will remember that God does the real work. that You raised Him from the
Over 25 years ago, I started resting. I labored to enter into the rest by faith. dead, that I would be saved. I
Hence, I have had more to do than I have ever dreamed of doing in seven life- believe JESUS died for my sins
times. My wife and I sit and wonder sometimes why we and that You raised Him from the
have so much to do. It is because God knows we can dead for my benefit.
handle it. God knows it is not going to hurt us or kill
us, because we learned how to rest. HEAVENLY FATHER, I
I absolutely love my job, and I would actually pay thank you for the gift of salvation
God to let me do what I do. That is because I have and for accepting me now as Your
learned to do my work in His strength. I have child.
learned how to rest — not to look at circumstances,
not to walk by sight. It is my hope that you learn In JESUS’ name, Amen.
how to rest in God as well.

If you have prayed this prayer,

please let us know by writing
to us at:
Crenshaw Christian Center
P.O.Box 90000
Los Angeles, CA 90009
Attn: Administration Office

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on the itinerary

2009
July 27-31
FICWFM Convention
CALENDAR
Crenshaw Christian Center
August 20-21
Pastor Alonzo Ward
Pastor Frederick K. Price, Jr.
September 4 & 6
St. Louis Christian Center
870 Pershall Road
Detroit, MI 48226
9/17-18 @ 7:00 p.m. nightly /
Apostle Frederick K.C. Price
September 20
CCC East
Apostle Frederick K.C. Price
Los Angeles, CA St. Louis, MO 63137 9/19 @ 10:00 a.m. / Dr. Betty R.
August 20-22 (314.867.1894) Price September 24-25
August 5-6 Harvest House Christian Center [Dr. Alfred D. Harvey, Jr.] Gospel Tabernacle
In His Presence Church 200 Rothrock Road Apostle Frederick K.C. Price September 18-19 277 Clifton Street
21300 Califa Street Copley, OH 44321 Living Word Bible Church Atlanta, GA
Woodland Hills, CA 91367 (330.576.6276) September 17-19 3520 E. Brown Road (404.370.3800)
(818.313.9393) [Dr. Jerome a. Parker] Daylight Christian Center Mesa, AZ 85213 [Bishop Wiley Jackson]
[Pastor Mel Ayres] Conference will be held at: 15831 W. 7 Mile Road (480.964.4463) Apostle Frederick K.C. Price
7:00 p.m. nightly John S. Knight Ccnter Detroit, MI 48235 [Dr. C. Thomas Anderson, Senior
Apostle Frederick K.C. Price 77 E Mill Street (313.270.4412) Pastor]
330) 374-8900 [Pastors Jerome & Theresa Fri, 9/18 @ 6:45 p.m.
August 5 Akron, OH Talley] Sat, 9/19 @ 12 noon
AUGUST 6, 2009 8/20-21 @ 7:00 p.m. / Apostle Meeting will be held at: Sat, 9/19 @ 6:45 p.m.
Advancing the Kingdom of God Frederick K.C. Price Cobo Conference Center Pastor Frederick K. Price, Jr.
Ministries 8/22 @ 9:00 a.m. breakfast mtg 1 Washington Blvd
P.O. Box 357 / Dr. Betty R. Price
Torrance, CA 90508-0357
Conference held at: August 23
Doubletree Hotel CCC East
2 Civic Plaza Apostle Frederick K.C. Price
Carson, CA 90745
[Dr. Milton S. Herring, I] Setpember 2
7:00 p.m. Destiny Christian Church
Pastor Frederick K. Price, Jr. 12119 16th Avenue South
Burnsville, MN 55337
August 9-16 (952.890.1477)
Alaska Cruise [Pastor Joe Braucht]
Apostle Frederick K.C. Price New York
Los Angeles
September 3
Dunamis World Outreach Church,
International
3212 Hartlage Ct.
Louisville, KY 40216
(502.447.9096
[Dr. Shannon C. Cook]
7:00 p.m.
Apostle Frederick K.C. Price

contributors
Minister Robert E. Bolden is a graduate of Kerri Webb, the former Senior Writer for
the Ministry Training Institute at Crenshaw Ever Increasing Faith Magazine, has been
Christian Center. Bolden accepted the a member of Crenshaw Christian Center
lordship of Jesus Christ in 1980. Bolden is for almost 30 years. A graduate of the
one of the Instructors for the Spiritual University of California, Santa Barbara,
Enrichment classes offered at CCC. she is currently the media spokeswoman
Bolden is also an Instructor at Abundant for the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department,
Harvest Christian Center School of and is a member of the Public Relations
Ministry in association with Trinity Society of America and the National
University, an accredited school of theolo- Association of Black Journalists.
gy where he teaches classes such as the
Principles of Faith, Pneumatology &
Angelology.

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feature article

Passing the Baton:

THE CONSECRATION AND INSTALLATION OF

Pastor Frederick K. Price, Jr.

SOME PEOPLE CELEBRATE THEIR BIRTHDAY WITH CAKE, ICE CREAM,
MAYBE SOME BALLOONS, FLOWERS AND OF COURSE, GIFTS. SOME LIKE
TO RING IN THEIR BIRTHDAYS WITH A FESTIVE PARTY, WHILE OTHERS
PREFER TO SPEND IT IN QUIET REFLECTION. SOME PEOPLE SEE THEIR
BIRTHDAY AS A TIME TO TAKE PERSONAL INVENTORY OF THEIR LIVES.

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However, one particular person
celebrated his 30th birthday
unlike anyone else—
he took leadership of a
25,000-member megachurch!
By Kerri Webb
O
n Sunday, March 15, 2009,
approximately 6,000 people attended
the installation and consecration ceremony of
Pastor Frederick K. Price, Jr. as he became
the head of Crenshaw Christian Center as its
presiding Pastor. On his son’s 30th birthday,
Dr. Frederick K.C. Price officially handed
the torch to Frederick Kenneth Price, and
stepped down as acting Pastor of CCC.
The transition, which was years in the
making, certainly made history for the mem-
bers, staff and First Family of CCC, but it is
also perhaps the first time a father handed
over the operation and leadership of a pre-
dominantly Black “megachurch” to his son.
The 2-hour ceremony began with the
CCC Sanctuary Voices’ moving rendering of
“Order My Steps” as a formal processional of
CCC’s pastoral staff, dressed in the clergy
white collar and black suits, marched in and
took their places. It was a stunning visual
representation of the depth and solidarity of
CCC’s church Elders, Ministers and
Deacons.
As the choir reached the crescendo of the
song, everyone rose as Pastor Price, Jr. pro-
ceeded down the aisle; bringing the
Faithdome alive with thunderous applause.
Certainly not one who enjoys being at
the center of attention, Pastor Price, Jr. mod-
estly acknowledged the well-wishes of his
flock as he passed by hundreds of parish-
ioners who waved, cheered, took photos, and
blew kisses at their new leader.
Similar to the way a bride walks down to
the wedding aisle to meet with her groom as
Apostle Frederick K. Price and his wife Dr. Betty
pray for Pastor Fred and new first lady Angel.
Apostle Price during the ceremony.
they partake in a life-changing covenant,
Pastor Frederick Price, Jr. also walked down
the aisle towards his destiny as the future of
CCC. Once at the platform, in the center of
the sanctuary, Pastor Price, Jr. took his place.
Blinking back tears, he lifted his hands giving
praise to God and politely acknowledged the
cheers of the crowd.
With the choir still singing, next in the
processional was the Episcopal Cross bearer
(similar to a wedding’s ring bearer). Cloaked
in a white gown, Pastor Price, Jr.’s nephew
Tyler Buchanan carried a solid brass cross
down the aisle and placed it on the platform
for display.
Following the cross bearer in the proces-
sional was the Chaplain to the Apostle,
Bishop Wiley Jackson, founder of Gospel
Tabernacle Churches of Atlanta and Stone
Mountain in Georgia. Bishop Jackson is
best known to CCC members as a promi-
nent member of the Fellowship of Inner-City
Word of Faith Ministries (FICWFM), and
was also welcomed with applause and cheers
as he made his way down to the platform.
And then came the moment of truth.
Apostle Dr. Frederick K.C. Price, clad in a
brilliant red tunic, similar to those worn by
the Pope or a Catholic Cardinal, made his
way down the aisle as the crowd erupted in
cheers and applause that reverberated
throughout the entire sanctuary, nearly
drowning out the choir.
With a 7-ft. shepherd’s staff in hand,
Apostle Price beamed as he took his place at
the platform, between CCC Senior Pastor
Craig Hays, and Bishop Jackson. The three
men stand behind a long table draped with
beautifully brilliant white cloth and facing a
strong, poised, and composed Pastor Price.
As the choir finished their song, the
crowd applauds and cheers for approximate-
ly 1 full minute before taking their seats and
prepare for the responsive reading, led by Dr.
La Verne Tolbert, of CCC’s church Elders.
The parishioners followed and participated
in the reading that was found in an 18-page
color commemorative program distributed at
the beginning of the service.
“The time has come and is now that we,
who worship the Lord God, should do so in
Spirit and in Truth,” began Dr. Tolbert. “It is
God who has made us and not we, ourselves.
We are the sheep of God’s pasture. God has
called us out of darkness into God’s Glorious
Light.”
After the responsive reading Minister
Gail Riley gave the invocation.
“Today is a day of transition; a day of new
beginnings. It’s a day where the baton will be
passed from one anointing to another,”
prayed Minister Riley. “We also celebrate his
birthday, his birth from his mother’s womb
and his entrance into destiny. For he was
born for such a day as this.”
After the invocation, Dr. Delores Jones
read from Numbers 27:12-23; Jeremiah 3:15,
referencing the call to ministry leadership and
service of the church. Minister Alice Gier
read 1Timothy 4:12-16, encouraging Pastor
Price, Jr. to not allow his youth to be an
obstacle that impedes him from doing what
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Pastor Creflo and Taffi Dollar.
the Lord has called him to do.
“I’m so glad that Ceremony
Holding in their hands blue
hymnals, the CCC Sanctuary I lived to see this
Voices led the congregation in a
Hymn of Praise, “All Hail the
day when we
Power of Jesus Name.” would install the tion process began with “The
“This is a day we’ve been
looking forward to for a long,
new Pastor of Call” when Pastor Hays formally
long time,” said Pastor Hays. Crenshaw
“I’m so glad that I lived to see
this day when we would install Christian Center.” Pastor of CCC.
the new Pastor of Crenshaw
— Pastor L. Craig Hays
Christian Center.”
One of Pastor Price Jr.’s professors,
Pastor Larry Matteson of Cottonwood
Christian School of Ministry, publicly con-
gratulated him and gave some words of
advice.
Kenneth Copeland provided a video
message congratulating Pastor Price, Jr. on
this special day.
“This was no surprise that you would one
day be installed as pastor,” Brother Copeland
said, “and that you would come to that place
where your dad with a smile on his face could
hand the baton off to you and the congrega-
tion would know that the church is not only
in good hands but will continue to grow for
another generation. Gloria and I and our
family and all of our ministry family…we join
our faith to his…we stand side by side with
him in the Name of the Lord Jesus to get this
work done to preach the Word…”
A moving video message of support was
also presented by Oral Roberts, Sr.
“Freddie is anointed of God. I know that
because I’ve placed my hands on him and I
felt the anointing of the Holy Spirit flood
through me into him,” Brother Roberts said.
“I know in my heart that he’s going to be a
good Pastor under the anointing of the Holy
Spirit. I’m so happy to be a part of this.”
Perhaps what made the Installation
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so remarkable was its
formalities. After the special
remarks and a palpable musical
rendition of “More Than
Wonderful” by CCC’s own
Gertrude Badley, the consecra-
and publicly presented Pastor
Price, Jr. to Apostle Price to be
considered for the office of Head
“Apostle and Council of
Pastors, by the will of God and
in His presence, we present this candidate to
you and the church for public consecration to
the sacred office of Pastor to the Church
Universal and the world,” presented Pastor
Hays.
As the Founder of CCC, Apostle Price
received Pastor Hays’ presentation of Pastor
Fred Price, Jr. to be installed as the Pastor of
CCC.
“Will you be loyal to the doctrine, disci-
pline, and worship of Christ, as this Church
has received them,” Apostle Price asked
Pastor Price, Jr. “And will you, in accordance
with the canons of this church, obey your
Apostle and all others who may have authori-
ty over you and your work?”
Pastor Price, Jr. boldly responded, “I am
willing and ready do so and I solemnly
declare that I do believe the Holy Scriptures
of the Old and New Testaments to be the
Word of God and to contain all things neces-
sary to salvation; and I do solemnly engage to
conform to the doctrine, discipline and wor-
ship of the church.”
After “The Call” to the service of Pastor
of CCC was completed, Apostle Price per-
formed the “Rite of Installation,” officially
naming Frederick K. Price, Jr. the Pastor of
CCC. The rite is a thorough declaration and
promise to commit to and execute of the
duties of the head of the local church. The
congregation formally accepted the new pas-
tor and also declared their support and
prayers him and his wife. At the end of the
rite, Apostle Price handed over his job to his
son.
“The office of Pastor of Crenshaw
Christian Center is now committed to you in
the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Spirit,” Apostle Price decreed. “The
God of peace who brought again from the
dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of
the sheep, by the blood of the eternal
covenant, equip you with everything good
that you may do His will, working in you that
which is pleasing in His sigh, through Jesus
Christ; to whom be the glory forever and
ever.”
Apostle Price and his wife Betty, laid
hands on Pastor Price, Jr. and his wife, Angel
as they knelt before them for prayer. When
they arose, they became the new Pastor and
First Lady of Crenshaw Christian Center.
“Thank you Crenshaw Christian Center
for receiving my baby,” Dr. Betty addressed
the church. “I know that he’s going to be a
blessing to this ministry…I know that in my
heart.”
The grand finale of the service was fea-
tured guest speaker Pastor Creflo Dollar,
Founder of World Changers Ministries
International. It was during a sermon that
Creflo Dollar ministered in the FaithDome
13 years ago, when Pastor Price, Jr. received
the call into ministry on his life. The rest was
history.
“Apostle Frederick K.C. Price, thank
you sir, for all of the years of serving and min-
istering the work and loving the people,”
Brother Dollar said. “Pastor Fred K. Price,
Jr., you are absolutely anointed for this task.
And I pray that I can be a blessing to you.”
—EIF
 Even with the historic Installation ceremony
just mere days away, it was an ordinary business
day at Crenshaw Christian Center’s corporate
offices in Los Angeles.
Despite the fact that an extraordinary event
was being meticulously prepared, rehearsed and
finalized in the FaithDome, Apostle Dr. Frederick
K.C. Price and his wife, Dr. Betty Price, were in
their offices busily keeping a tight schedule of
appointments, returning phone calls and tending
to a myriad of ministry affairs. Just yards away in
his own office, Pastor Fred Price, Jr. was occupied
with his own ever-growing list of church duties,
projects and assignments.
Just by walking down the hall of executive
offices, no one would have ever expected that a
huge changing of the guard was in process.
And that’s exactly the way it was intended to
be.
Celebrating While Fulfilling Obligations
Everyone knows by now what happened in the
FaithDome that glorious Sunday morning on
March 15, 2009 when Pastor Fred Price, Jr. took
over the reigns of Crenshaw Christian Center.
The pageantry of the installation ceremony was a
sight to behold as Pastor Price, Jr. official became
the Pastor of CCC. However what was even more
remarkable about this transition is the fact that
while some exciting changes are on the horizon,
very little of what makes CCC the successful glob-
al ministry that it has become will actually change.
“I almost wish I had never used the word
retire,” chuckles Apostle Frederick K.C. Price
about his new role at CCC. “When someone hears
the word ‘retire’ they think about going fishing or
sitting in a rocking chair. Not me. I’m still going to
be here doing what I’ve been doing, but now, I
don’t have to be concerned with overseeing the
day-to-day administrative activities of the church. I
still plan on teaching at least one or two Sundays a
month. Betty and I will still have our regular
Tuesday night Bible Study classes. The only times
we won’t be here to teach is when we’re out of
town.”
For Dr. Betty Price, the transition was an easy
one to make and is excited about what the future
has in store for she and her husband.
“We’re excited that we have someone like our
son to step in to take the job and carry it on,” she
says with pride in her eyes. “Now we’ll be able to
work on other projects such as seminars and speak-
ing engagements. There’s always work to do and
we really enjoy our work, so it’s not going to be too
much of a change for us.”
Preparing the church for a new pastor is no
small feat. The new pastor must understand all
aspects of the church and comprehend the roles of
the pastoral staff. Under the specialized training
and mentorship of CCC’s Senior Pastor, L. Craig
Hays, Fred, Jr. had been groomed for this ultimate
assignment as CCC Pastor since 2001.
“I sat with every pastor on staff to see what they
did and what they specialized in,” recalls Pastor
Price Jr. “I went on hospital and home visitations,
I did memorials with them, attended weddings
that they [officiated], phone counseling—every-
thing. Every duty, everything that [the pastoral
staff] did, Pastor Hays wanted me to see how it
was run. It was hands-on training for several years.”
So as the rest of the world watches the epic
changing of the guard between father and son—
perhaps the first of its kind in the history of the
Black “megachurch”—it continues to be business
as usual in the church office.
“I’m ready. I’ve been ready because I have been
prepared and trained in every detail for the past six
years,” Pastor Price, Jr. expresses with the intensi-
ty of a boxer ready to get into the ring. “I was prob-
ably ready some time ago, but it was just a matter
of time of when.”
According to Apostle Price, the Installation
and Consecration ceremony itself is a formal
demonstration of the transition of responsibilities
from one figure head to another,
“It’s a lot of pomp and circumstance and for our
ministry; it’s historic. I would liken it to the inaugu-
ration of the President,” Apostle Price explains.
“The old president goes out, the new president
comes in and we have an official ceremony inaugu-
rating the new president. That would be the com-
parable event [with the installation and consecra-
tion ceremony]. It’s an official, public declaration of
the transfer and installation of Freddie as the new
pastor.”
Excitement had been brewing about this
inevitable changeover every since Pastor Price, Jr.
taught his first live sermon in June 2002. From
that point on the world watched as the future of
CCC began to evolve right in front of everyone’s
eyes.
“We picked Father’s Day 2002, as the initial
step as far as being in front of the [congregation]
and ministering the Word,” reflects Pastor Price,
Jr. “So once that started, I knew that it was just a
matter of repetition for me to get comfortable min-
istering and get comfortable with the congrega-
tion.”
Over the course of six years, Pastor Price, Jr.
continued to win the hearts and support of not only
the parishioners of CCC, but also the viewers of
Ever-Increasing Faith television and Internet
broadcasts. It soon became apparent to the church
executive staff that he was ready to go to the next
level.
“For my father, there was a level of comfort
[about the transition] that he needed to have,”
explains Pastor Price. “So when he reached that
comfort level, he said he that we were ready to go.”
With that approval from Apostle Price, it was
on—with some conditions, of course.
“I told him that you will never learn how truly
know how to drive a car until you take it out on the
streets,” Apostle Price explains. “So now I have to
let you take this thing and go with it. However, the
only thing that I ask is that any ideas, dreams or
visions for the ministry that you believe you’ve
received from God, before you implement them,
please run them by me because it might be some-
thing that I tried 20 years ago and went through
finding out that it’s not going to work, so why
waste time. Just run them by me; I’m not going to
run you, but I may I might be able to give you some
advice because I’ve been here a little bit longer than
you have. And I might be able to point some things
out to you that you might not have thought about.”
Armed with his father’s blessing and support,
the transition process was almost complete. All
that was needed was a date and time.
“It was a magnanimous thought, when it was
first brought to me,” remembers Pastor Price. “I’m
talking, October 2008, which feels like yesterday, I
was sitting down with my sister, Angie, and she’s
saying that it’s going to happen by the first of the
year, you know, ASAP.”
Once it was discovered that Fred Price, Jr.’s
30th birthday would fall on a Sunday, it was deter-
mined that date would be the best time for the cel-
ebration.
“It’s an exciting thing to know that I can relin-
quish the title of pastor to my son, but I’ll always be
the Pastor,” Apostle Price reiterates. “Just like the
President is always the President. All [former]
Presidents are referred to as Mr. President even
after they are out of office. So I’ll still be Pastor,
but [Fred, Jr.] will be acting Pastor.”
Just because Apostle Price isn’t the acting
Pastor of CCC, don’t think that he’ll just be resting
on his laurels. It is still business as usual, but now,
Apostle Price will be able to branch out into other
projects that he previously didn’t have time to do,
such as participating in speaking engagements and
host ministerial seminars and workshops.
“It’s exciting because it portends me being able
to do some other things that I was limited in doing
while I was the pastor. I get invitations to speak at
churches all the time, but I wouldn’t go because I
just felt an obligation that I needed to be here,”
explains Apostle Price. “I’m very judicious about
fulfilling my obligations and I felt that as the Pastor
I should be here. Now, I have more latitude to do
more Sunday speaking engagements and I can
consider visiting other churches as a guest speaker
during their Sunday services.
According to Dr. Betty, this new freedom ben-
efits FaithPartners and EIF viewers and readers
who live outside of California as now she and the
Apostle will be able to travel to various churches
around the country.
“We have viewers who write in and say that
they’ve wanted to meet him for years,” says Dr.
Betty. “So that’s the kinds of stuff that he’ll be able
to do now. So it will be even better for EIF view-
ers.”
For Pastor Fred Price, Jr., and the ministry at
CCC, the future is truly bright. With the support
of the congregation as well as his family, CCC’s
newest Pastor and First Lady Angel Price, are well
on their way to doing big things within the Body of
Christ.
“This ministry will continue to be the pillar that
it is in the community of faith. Nothing will be
watered down. I’m going to be shooting for us to
be bolder and more powerful; if it’s even possible to
be more courageous than my father, then that’s
what I’m going to be shooting for.”—EIF
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By Antracia Moorings

Angel Price:
A s Pastor Fred Price, Jr. stepped up to take the role as head of

A Look
Crenshaw Christian Center, his wife Angel Price realized
that she too was being thrust into the spotlight as first lady of
the church.
It was, she admits, a bit daunting to take in the news at first.

At the
“I was really shocked,” she says when her husband came home to tell
her he was going to be named pastor of the mega-church his father
Apostle Frederick K.C. Price founded. “I didn’t think it was going to hap-
pen this fast. I thought this was going to happen when we were in our
40s. Then I would be over some of my shyness with speaking in front of

First Lady
the congregation.
“The first thing I had to do was calm down and not be over-
whelmed,” she recalls. “Until it was official, I just had to act like it wasn’t
happening, just to keep myself calm. I was just having regular days like I’d
never heard anything. I just kept playing it cool.”
Yet once all the news became official and the day of the installation
service came, Angel says surprisingly she wasn’t nervous. Instead, she felt
like she was in the middle of God’s will for her life.
“I had perfect peace,” she says. “No butterflies in the stomach. No
lumps in the throat. I was like okay this is that peace that surpasses all
understanding because I was not nervous. I was really excited. I thought
I would be shaking in my boots. I feel like I can do everything now
because that was huge to overcome and not be tripping.”
Now that she has a few months of being first lady under her belt,
Angel admits that living in the spotlight does have its challenges. Chief
among them is having people always have an opinion about what she’s
doing and expecting her to fit into a certain role. But she’s already learned
the secret to combat that.
“I pray a lot,” she says. “I’m always asking the Holy Spirit to help me.
Certain parts can be overwhelming because I’m in the public eye so much.
I’m not used to having so many people watch me. I’m just taking it one day
at a time so that I don’t get overwhelmed and that I’m not scared. My
focus now is on being Freddie’s wife and little Freddie’s mom.”
That’s not to say that in the future she won’t take a bigger role in the
ministry. She says she’d rather move out when God calls her to move out,
instead of moving out on other’s people’s expectations. Right now she
says she has a heart for young mothers who may not have any one to reach
out to.
One thing is for sure, she has a great example in her mother-in-law
and former first lady Dr. Betty R. Price who she says told her that there
is no need for her to rush out and try to fill her shoes. That’s a sentiment
that her husband of seven years totally agrees with. She says he told her
she doesn’t have to do anything in ministry if God has not called her to it
or if she’s not 100% comfortable with it.
“I admire everything she does because I think she’s kinda perfect,”
says Angel smiling. “You know how people say, “what would Jesus do?” I
sometimes say, “what would Dr. Betty do?” I want to have her train of
thought because I want my first response to be the right one. I’ve also
learned to take that same attitude with marriage. You want to be the best
at everything you do. You want to support your husband who has so
much on his plate. In everything, the home, the kids, how you look. And
“I know I can’t please that represents your husband, it represents Christ. At the same time, I’m
representing their family and my family. I want to make sure that I can be
everybody, but I just want the type of first lady that she’s been. My thought is if it’s not broken don’t
fix. We just changed faces. I’d rather just follow and continue on with

to please God.”
what she’s done. There might be new things that come up. But I’m not
rushing anything. I don’t feel like anything needs to be changed because
what she’s laid out is already great. I know I can’t please everybody, but I
just want to please God.”—EIF

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 from the headlines
Drew Dimmel:
The Voice of
Ever Increasing Faith Ministries
By Antracia Moorings
F
or 13 years,
D r e w
Dimmel
was the
unmistakable
voice of the
Ever Increasing Faith
Ministries television broad-
cast. Listeners grew used to
hearing him open the show say-
ing, “Welcome to Ever Increasing
Faith with pastor and teacher Dr.
Frederick K.C. Price.” Earlier this year,
Dimmel decided to hang up the mic—a
hard decision for the 61-year-old father and hus-
band who made a career of doing voice-over work for
30 years.
It was a diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease in 2001 that
led to the decision.
“I’ve done pretty well,” says Dimmel of living with
the disease. “I’ve gotten a lot of mileage out of what
was my voice. I can still talk like that when I need to.
The problem is I can’t do it consistently.”
Though his retirement decision was a hard one to
make, Dimmel says he looks back over his career and
marvels at how it all came about.
Dimmel started early as the leader of a local rock band
in Kansas City, Missouri called the “Classmen.” It was one of
the most popular bands in the 60’s in Kansas City and stayed
together for 18 years. The band’s biggest hit was the graduation song
“Graduation Goodbye” that was released in 1969.
Drew played piano, bass, trombone and sang with the group…and
was generally considered the director in charge of the band’s musical
arrangements and production.
A 1966 graduate of Van Horn High School, he went on to earn his
music degree from the UMKC Conservatory of Music. He met his
future wife, Jane, in 1973 (they recently celebrated their 35th anniversary
and have two grown sons.)
He credits Paul Welsh, former partner with the ad agency
NKH&W(elsh) with suggesting he do voice work.
“He said ‘you’ve got a good voice, have you ever thought about
announcing?’ I’d thought about it from time to time. He told me that
the Ad Awards were being changed to the Omni Awards and they
were going to pre-tape all the announcements. He said, “Why don’t you
do it for us.” I got them done and he said, “I bet you’ll get some jobs
from this.” And he was right, I got three calls.”
The last call Dimmel received was from ABC Television. And the
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next day he was the
announcer for the num-
ber one station in the city.
“As things went on, I
realized I didn’t know any-
thing abut the business,”
explains Dimmel. “So I
started sending my tapes to
radio stations and talent
agents. I was still doing on jin-
gling too and a gentleman from
Oral Roberts Ministry Jeff Pittman
heard my work, he came up to hear my
music. He was doing a show and wanted
me to do the music for it. We met for lunch and
he asked me what else I did. At that moment, a com-
mercial I did came on. I pointed up and tried to look noncha-
lant and said, “yeah, that’s me.” He said, “you’re every-
where.” They had an announcer who lived in LA who
didn’t want to travel so he said he’d fly me in to Tulsa
once or twice a week.”
Known as a nationally recognized “voice artist” in
television, radio and commercials. Dimmel has done
work for more than 40 radio and television stations
and for dozens of Christian broadcast ministries,
including Dr. Billy Graham.
Dimmel admits that, over the years, he’s met his share
of wonderful people. But he counts Apostle Price and Ever
Increasing Faith Ministries as one of the highlights of his career.
“One day in 1997 or 1998, I just happened to be in California speak-
ing in Anaheim. Since I was in the area I decided to come to Crenshaw
Christian Center for a church service.”
“It started out in the parking lot,” says Dimmel of his warm wel-
come. “Handshakes and smiles everywhere. I was already feeling pret-
ty blessed by the time I walked in the front door. I was escorted in by
Angela Evans and they put me on the front row where the family sits.
It was a blessing from the start to the finish. Angela got a note and then
she said, “my dad wants you to say something.” So I was thinking what
am I going to say? Meanwhile the mic is coming my way and I thought
I’ll just say what everyone hears on the opening of the show. So he intro-
duced me, I stood up and said, “Welcome to Ever Increasing Faith
with pastor and teacher Dr. Frederick K.C. Price.” You would have
thought I’d spiked a touchdown at the Rose Bowl. Everybody
screamed. I felt a tap on my shoulder and I turned around and it was
Ed McMahon and he said, “you have a remarkable voice young man.”
I’ll never forget that day, it was quite an experience.”—EIF
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 Dear Apostle Price,
I stumbled across your service one Sunday
in 2004 as I lay bedridden for seven months
with what my doctor called “the worst preg-
nancy ever.” As I listened I had vague flash-
backs of seeing you on TV 23 years prior when
I was about 6 years old and my parents would
watch you from time to time on Sundays.
I was raised by two unmarried parents
who were 20 and 21 when I came into this
POWEROF FAITH
my life.
I started reading the King James
Version of the Bible because I’d already read
everything else in the house and still had 6
more months to kill. Because of the lan-
guage, I didn’t understand half of what I
read so many times I just put it down. Then
one Sunday, I was channel surfing and heard
the intro music to your broadcast which
reminded me of when I was little. I stopped
to watch for a few minutes. You were speak-
ing about “How Faith Works.” I listened for
10 minutes and was totally captivated. As I
listened to you, I felt a pull to get my Bible
and follow along. I was amazed. I’d never
heard anyone teach like you. You were very
easy to understand, always had scripture to
back up what you said and the repetition is
exactly what us hard-headed folks need.
I was hooked. I could hard wait for each
Sunday to come so I could watch you and
learn more. I spend days struggling through
the King James Version of the Bible so I
could review review all week long what you
had taught. I had someone bring me a com-
puter so I could watch you online for Bible
study and the Sunday services. I bought the
New King James Version of the Bible and
started studying daily.
But the most important thing was I did
as you said and accepted Jesus as my Lord
and Savior and obtained salvation. Is started
praying daily. I asked God to let my baby be
born healthy, I asked Him for a normal, full-
term delivery and I asked Him for a baby
girl.
On March 3, 2005, despite all the nega-
tive reports I got from doctors, that is exact-
ly what I received. Mia Jasmine was born
healthy, full-term and happy!
During this same time, I promised God
that when I got out of that bed with my
healthy baby, I would get out of shacking,
fornication and every immoral act that I’d
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world. Because they were forced to go to
church by their parents who didn’t practice A few year later, I “fell in love” with an
what they preached, they viewed church as unsaved man and we decided to shack up for
punishment and never made me go. So I five years. I lived in what I thought was a
received no guidance on how to live as a monogamous relationship and got pregnant
Christian, who Jesus was or anything. three times more—each time being told it was-
n’t the right time and ending the pregnancy in
Needless to say, when the tests of life abortion. I had two miscarriages after that.
came, I was completely ignorant and unpre- Our relationship was a complete mess.
pared for anything. I got pregnant for the first
time at age 14. My mother, who was heartbro- Finally, when I thought I had the courage
ken, took me to the clinic to have an abortion. and strength to leave, I found out I was preg-
done. And that is exactly what I did. I’ve
been learning and following the Word for
four years now—all thanks to you.
I study the Word daily and as I’ve heard We Want To
Pastor Fred, Jr. say, I made sure that the last
thing my daughter hears before she closes
her eyes at night is the Word. I’ve returned
Hear
my low-self esteem to its rightful owner—the
devil—as a Christian, it has no place in me. From
These past four years have felt more like
20 simply because I have come so far. I just You!
had to let you know how much you’ve influ-
enced me and say thank you! Write to us at:
Ever Increasing Faith
—Michelle Simon and Mia
(The ministry flew Michelle and her daughter Magazine,
out for the installation of service of Pastor Fred
Price, Jr. in March) P.O. Box 44185,
Los Angeles, CA
9000 9-4871
or e-mail your letters,
feedback or testimonies to
eifmagazine@faithdome.org
Thank You
Include your name,
address and phone
I want to sincerely thank you once again
for blessing me with your teachings on faith. number. Letters chosen
My life has changed so much for the better. for publication may be
That is why I wanted to become a Faith
edited for length and
Partner. I want to be a blessing to the min-
istry. I am believing God for more so I can clarity.
give more. Thanks again. I walk by faith and All submissions become
not by sight.
the property of
—Ronald Gray (Newark, New Jersey) Ever Increasing Faith
Magazine.

TESTIM ONIES
Sowing in Good Ground
Dear Pastor Price,
I watch you all the time on TBN and
Daystar. I love watching you and your wife
and son. I have learned a lot from you all. I
know that I am sowing in good ground.
Every since I have been sowing, I have been
receiving. I know I am doing the right thing.
—Carrie Mae Hillard (Parkdale, Arkansas)
Changing My Life by
Following The Word
Since I started watching Ever
Increasing Faith on TV, my life has changed
for the better. My faith is stronger than ever.
I was diagnosed with breast cancer in
2001. Before then, my faith was weak. I was
an angry, bitter person with the world about
nant again. Being determined not to hop up on
some table for another abortion, I went to the
OB/GYN. She explained to me that because I
had so many abortions, followed by miscar-
riages, my cervix was basically non-existent and
it would be almost impossible for me to deliver
a health baby full term. I was crushed. It was
like all the years of pain, sorrow and stupid
choices finally caught up with me. I broke
down crying, scared that the one thing I want-
ed—a baby girl—I would never have. She
promised to help me but only if I changed a lot
what people had done to me. I did not real-
ize I was destroying myself.
One day lying in bed I came across your
program. It seems as though you were talk-
ing directly to me about how death and life
are in the power of the tongue. My finances
were a mess, but I became a FaithPartner
and I started with $20 a month, then $40,
and then $100. My debt was greater than my
paycheck. After a while, I didn’t pay atten-
tion to it. Things started looking up. I even
visited your church here in New York.
Then I had a setback. At first I was in
control then I got sick again. I fell behind
but I pledged to continue to be a
FaithPartner.
If more ministers really want to bring
the lost closer to God, they need to follow in
your footsteps. For you definitely deserve to
be the Apostle of Faith. I never took interest
in the Word until I started following your
teachings.
God Bless you and your family.
—Eileen Boykin (New York City, New York)
Grattitude and Blessings!
This is just a short note of encourage-
of things. She put me on complete, strict bed
rest. I had to go on disability and completely
stop working. I had to give myself needles full
of medicine twice a day to prevent clotting. I
had to have stitches to keep the baby in, take
sponge baths, use bed pans and most impor-
tantly, not stress the baby. I also spent two
months of this time in a hospital on a bed that
rotated me upside down to keep the baby from
falling out. I barely ate, never slept and was
probably, slowly but surely, becoming
depressed. I’d never felt so stupid and alone in
ment in support of an agreement with your
affirmation to the ministry gift of apostle. I
just want to say from the bottom of my heart
THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU, and
YOU HAVE MY GRATTITUDE!!!
Words cannot explain what you mean to me.
I follow you as you follow Christ.
If it weren’t for you allowing God
Almighty to use you to teach the Word as
you do, I would have been dead a long time
ago (and I am only 41 years young). I am a
single parent (father) of a 13-year-old son
whom I have raised since he was 7 months
old.
Keep up the good work in Christ Jesus
and you have my prayers daily in the Spirit.
Sincerely Yours,
—Brother James L. Daniel (Carson, California)
A Faithful Viewer
I receive such great and wonderful
teaching from Apostle Price and the whole
ministry. I am a faithful viewer for a long
period now.
God speed! Love Yall!
— Minnie L. Thomas
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 health & healing
All About
“Asthma”
By Robert Bolden
A
sthma is a chronic (long-term) lung disease that inflames and
narrows the airways. Asthma causes recurring periods of wheezing (a
whistling sound when you breathe), chest tightness, shortness of
breath, and coughing. The coughing often occurs at night or early in
the morning.
The airways are tubes that carry air into and out of your lungs.
People who have asthma have inflamed airways. This makes the air-
ways swollen and very sensitive. They tend to react strongly to certain
substances that are breathed in.
When the airways react, the muscles around them tighten. This
causes the airways to narrow, and less air flows to your lungs. The
swelling also can worsen, making the airways even narrower. Cells in
the airways may make more mucus than normal. Mucus is a sticky,
thick liquid that can further narrow your airways. This chain reaction
can result in asthma symptoms. Symptoms can happen each time the
airways are irritated.
Many times symptoms are mild and go away on their own or after
minimal treatment with an asthma medicine. At other times, symptoms
continue to get worse. When symptoms get more intense and/or addi-
tional symptoms appear, this is an asthma attack. Asthma attacks also
are called flare-ups or exacerbations.
Asthma affects people of all ages, In the U.S.,
but it most often starts in childhood.
In the U.S., more than 22 million more than
people are known to have asthma. 22 million
Nearly 6 million of these people
are children. And every day, about people
60,000 of them miss school or are known to
work. In fact nearly 200,000 hospi-
talizations and 750,000 emergency have
room visits for children due to asthma
in 2006.
asthma.
Unfortunately, asthma can act up whether you’re at home, or at
play. And each person may have different reactions. It is import to treat
symptoms when you first notice them. This will help prevent the symp-
toms from worsening and causing a severe asthma attack. Severe asth-
ma attacks may require emergency care, and they can cause death.
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Many parents wonder if their child will “outgrow” their asthma
over time. Children do experience complete remission more frequently
than adults; 30 to 70% of children with asthma are markedly improved
or have no signs of asthma as adults.
In children with seasonal allergies, asthma symptoms may worsen
during pollen season; trees pollinate in early spring, grasses in the late
spring and summer, and weeds in the summer and fall. Symptoms can
also flare as a result of mold growth during rainy seasons or in damp
areas). Asthma symptoms often develop in children before five years
age, although it is sometimes difficult to diagnose asthma in infants and
toddlers.
TREATMENT
Treatment for asthma gener-
ally involves avoiding the things
that trigger your asthma attacks
and taking one or more asthma
medications. Treatment varies
from person to person. Most
people with persistent asthma
use a combination of long-term
control medication and quick- relief
medication, taken with a hand-held
inhaler.
Because asthma changes over time, you will need to work with
your doctor to monitor your symptoms and learn how to make needed
adjustments. The right medication for you depends on your age and
symptoms and what seem to work best to keep your asthma under con-
trol. In most cases, these medications need to be taken every day.
On December 11, 2008, the joint Advisory Committees of the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) – including the Drug Safety &
Risk Management Advisory committee, the Pediatric Advisory
Committee, and the Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee –
completed a review of the benefits risks of asthma medication.
The FDA frequently convenes advisory committee meetings to
obtain independent expert guidance and recommendation on clinical
matters. The committees concluded that the benefits of the FDA
approved asthma medication outweigh the risk in adult and adolescent
asthma patients.
health & healing
NATURAL AND HERBAL
From the natural standpoint the possible indications of asthma
are, chest congestion, cough and cold asthmatic attacks, excessive nasal
discharge, irregular breath, dry cough, bronchitis, pleurisy, allergic
rhinitis, sinusitis, Chronic cough. There are certain herbal products
that help in reducing the inflammation of the bronchioles. Useful in
chronic coughs and have anti tubercular properties.
Herbalist and those in the natural field of health care agree that
mucus is one of the major causes of asthma- the Greek word for Mucus
is Catarrh which means to flow down, there are several herbal products
available to help remove mucus from the lungs; Mullein, ALJ,
Fenugreea, & Marshmallow.
ALLERGENS
Indoor and outdoor allergens are an
important trigger of childhood asthma, par-
ticularly for children older than three years
of age. These include:
• House dust (i.e., dust mites, cock-
roaches, mice dropping), particularly dur-
ing vacuuming
National Heart Lung Blood Institute, National Lung Health Education Program, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immun, Herbalist Horace Evans, Body Knowledge
(800) 927-3436
As a believer we understand that healing belong to us as a
covenant right. We also must excise our rights by using God’s Word
concerning healing. Isaiah 53:4-5, Matthew 8:17, 1st Peter 2:24, clearly
these scriptures tell us that healing belong to us. We see also in
Philippians 2:9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him (JESUS)
and given Him (JESUS) the name which is above every name. So, we
have the right and privilege to use that name against asthma and every-
thing that is associated with it. In Mark 11:23 the Word says that
whosoever says to this mountain, Be removed and be cast into the sea,
and does not doubt in his heart, but believe that those things he says
will be done, he will have whatever he says. In this case the mountain is
asthma, and we say to asthma be removed and be cast into the sea, and
not doubt!—EIF
• Animal exposure; cats and dogs are
especially provocative but other furry ani-
mals (gerbils, rabbits, hamsters, etc.
• Pollens
• Molds
• Indoor pollutants, paint, perfume,
space heaters, gas stoves, room deodoriz-
ers).
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 parenting matters
This is pure and undefiled religion in
the sight of our God and Father, to visit
orphans and widows in their distress,
and to keep oneself unstained by the
world.
(James 1:27 NASB)
Visiting the Orphan:
Where is the Black Church?
By La Verne Tolbert, Ph.D.
U
pon learning that he was to
be emancipated from foster
care, an 18 year-old boy
attempted suicide by stand-
ing in the middle of the railroad
tracks…
I’ve just returned from the trienni-
al Society for Children’s Spirituality: Christian Perspectives
Conference held at Concordia University June 14-17th. At this gath-
ering, scholars and practitioners share research and best practices
regarding the spiritual life and nurture of children. Our goal is to
examine faith formation—the process of becoming a Christian, a dis-
ciple—in the light of God’s redeeming work through Jesus Christ.
Why?
Children are often neglected in the church at large. Usually, the
focus is adult ministry since these are the ones who tithe. But a
church without children is a dying church! Since parents will decide
to leave a church they absolutely love to join one that effectively min-
isters to their children, churches with dwindling numbers are reeval-
uating their priorities.
The same is true with research in the area of Christian education
and spiritual formation. To make certain that children remain at the
top of everyone’s radar, this conference seeks to renew the vision of
students, professors, parents, and volunteers.
This year, I was one of six plenary speakers. Because of the grow-
ing number of children in our churches who are in foster care and in
need of adoption, I conducted research to examine the extent of the
problem. I was both encouraged by and appalled with the informa-
tion I discovered.
Nationwide, there are 500,000 children in foster care.
African-American children are 40% to 50% of all children needing foster
care/adoption. (Blacks are only 12% to 13% of the total US population.)
Black children remain in the system for approximately 10 years, which
means that too many of our children are institutionalized.
In Los Angeles, there are 105,000 children in the foster care and
every day, 3,000 children are in need of an adoptive family.
When these children reach age 18, they are “emancipated”.
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Fifty percent (50%) become homeless within 18 months of emancipation.
Only 3% earn college degrees.
In California, 70% of the prison population has been in foster care.
There’s little here that’s encouraging. Surprisingly, the research
I uncovered pointed to a long history of faith-based involvement in
ministering to the needs of the orphan—children who have been
abandoned by a parent or primary caregiver, or who have been phys-
ically, sexually, or emotionally abused or neglected.
History
Prior to the Industrial Revolution, there were segregated
orphanages that were started by Protestant activists. Following the
Civil War, these institutions—black and white alike—were consid-
ered failures because of the emphasis on discipline and regimenta-
tion. Children were housed in overcrowded facilities and suffered
poor nutrition.
By the late 19th Century, Settlement Houses spread from
London to the United States. These facilities housed families and
sported pools, gymnasiums, libraries, medical facilities and soup
kitchens. By the 20th Century, orphanages began to disappear alto-
gether. Following the Great Depression, public agencies assumed
responsibility for delivering child welfare services and churches
focused instead on residential treatment centers (drug/alcohol abuse,
etc.).
This is good news! The Church has been involved. But where
is the Black church today?
Researchers estimate that there may be as many as 8.7 million
adults attending predominantly black churches. How well are we
ministering to the children in foster care—children who come from
our own communities? Can you imagine what our nation would be
if these orphans were raised in Christian homes and became pastors
instead of prisoners?
Something is wrong with the black family, and something is
wrong with the church’s response to these crumbling households.
Why should we care?
Pure Faith
James, the brother of Jesus, tells us why. Penned in AD 46, his
was one of the first letters written to the church at Jerusalem. Here
were Jewish believers who, once converted, were cut off from all
financial support by their families. James writes to educate this new
body of believers of their responsibility to care for one another, espe-
cially the widows and orphans.
Faith, according to James, is both orthodox belief (inner transfor-
mation) and orthodox life (outer demonstration). In other words, if a
person is truly saved, there ought to be some evidence in the way he
or she lives.
You have faith, and I have works;
Show me your faith without the works,
And I will show you my faith by my works.
(James 2:18)
Faith, James concluded, without works or corresponding evi-
dence, is dead…nonexistent. Earlier in this letter, James clarifies
what pure or true religion looks like. This kind of religion or faith
“visits” orphans in their distress.
The word “visit” sounds as if it’s a cursory term, something one
does in passing. But this is not the case. The literal translation
means “to help”. Pure or true religion helps the orphan because this
child is distressed—suffering severe pressure of pain or sorrow and
anguished with severe bodily or mental pain.
Where is the Black Church?
Happily, there are some proactive efforts to address the needs of
these children which may spark ideas for interested churches and
individuals. Outstanding among these is “One Church One Child”
which began in Chicago in 1979 by Father George Clements, a black
Catholic priest. Thousands of children have been adopted through
this partnership with the Department of Children’s and Family
Services (DCFS).
Crenshaw Christian Center (CCC), where Pastor Frederick
Price, Jr. is pastor, is actively involved in meeting the needs of chil-
dren in foster care. In a collaborative effort with DCFS’ Edwina
Lewis, Ph.D., Supervising Children’s Social Worker and Jeanette
Hawes, Executive Director, Jahi A.N.T. Homes, Inc., a creative the-
atrical team, CCC provides mentors and free facilities. Church
members were recruited to serve as mentors and have received
DCFS clearance and specialized training. On Saturday mornings,
they drive children to and from CCC for rehearsals for an upcoming
“Let Me Tell You” theatrical production where children will tell their
stories through drama, dance, and music. Crenshaw also sponsors
Adoption Sundays to encourage members to become adoptive par-
ents.

Ministries and Organizations Helping Orphans

The following is an additional sampling of ministries and organizations in Los Angeles that proactively help the orphan:

1. Child S.H.A.R.E. challenges and equips congre-
gations to provide foster and adoptive families for chil-
dren
2. Kelly Parker, President/CEO, House of Mercy
Ministries, is a knowledgeable, resourceful Community
Partner who advocates for mom and dad in social serv-
ice Team Decision Making Meetings;
3. Project Accountability, Ron Cole, Executive
Director, Los Angeles, is not a foster program per se,
but by providing educational resources such as parent-
ing programs and by assisting increasing communica-
tion between parent and child, more families remain
intact.
4. PowerGirls, Helena Titus, Executive Director,
provides mentoring with an emphasis on education
and social skills for girls and emancipated youth
through age 25
5. The South County Faith-Based Council evaluates
needs, identify resources, provides family education,
holds forums, and serves as a resource for foster par-
ents
6. KidTrek, Joseph Parker, President and CEO
trains Associate Ministers who serve as family coaches
to help families remain intact through intentional,
long-term relationships
7. The Kid Save Program explains Dr. Edwina
Lewis, DCFS Supervising Children's Social Worker,
enlists volunteers who have DCFS clearance to “baby-
sit” on weekends to give foster parents a break (baby-
sitters may bring the children to church on Sunday if
the child would like to attend)
8. Safe Families for Children sponsored by Olive
Crest Homes and Services for Abused Children, a
Christian foster/adoption agency, encourages church
members to temporarily open their homes to children—
newborn to 16—whose parents are experiencing a crisis
9. Rites of Passage, Elder Irving Tolbert,
Chairman, is a year-long mentoring program for boys
patterned after the African tradition where boys leave
the village for a year and return as men. Housed at
Faithful Central in Los Angeles, this program addresses
the needs of the fatherless by providing male role mod-
els and has graduated over 300 boys in the past 10
years.

A Seat at the Table
I arrived at the conference in Illinois in time to attend a Sunday
morning Lutheran church service. It was beautiful to see the chil-
dren participate as an integral part of the worship. At one point, the
teacher invited the children to sit on a picnic blanket in the front of
the church where they were taught a 10-minute lesson: Just as each
child belongs to a family and has a seat at the dining room table, bap-
tism makes a child a part of God’s family and there is also a seat at
God’s table.
I thought about the orphan. She has no family. He doesn’t have
a seat at the dining room table. In fact, these children are not even
sure where they may be tomorrow or next week or next year. Family
is key to spiritual development as this example demonstrates. And
the church is where family begins.
We can do more! We must do more! Researchers acknowledge
that the African-American church has not fully recognized its poten-
tial to provide homes and families for Black children. Isn’t it time for
a change?—EIF

La Verne Tolbert, Ph.D. is Founder/President of Teaching Like Jesus Ministries, Pasadena, CA www.teachinglikejesus.org. She is author of Teaching Like Jesus: A Practical
Guide to Christian Education in Your Church (Zondervan) and Keeping You & Your Kids Sexually Pure (www.xlibris.com). Following her presentation, Dr. Tolbert was elected as
Chair of the Society for Children’s Spirituality: Christian Perspectives, Inc. For the PowerPoint presentation visit www.childspirituality.org. This article was adapted from her paper,
“Orphans Among Us: Evaluating the Ministry Needs of Children in Foster Care in Los Angeles.”

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 life lessons
Warning to Ministers, Their
Wives and Mistresses:
An Excerpt From Dr. Betty’s New Book
Letters from Two Mistresses
These are the correspondences I received that compelled me to
write this book.
I just recently turned half a century. I’m so thankful to God for this
blessing. So many women hide their age, but I’m thankful to see half a
century gone by. I am writing to tell you that I’m a partner. I am not
bragging about being a partner because I have not been faithful with
my tithes or offerings and the commitment I made with Crenshaw
Christian Center (CCC) in L.A.
I lost my job of ten years a couple of years ago…and I have not been
able to find another one that has good benefits and one that’s interest-
ing while helping others…I was fired for wanting to be treated like the
“Heathers” and “Brookes” that worked at the clerk office. I went back to
school for a couple of semesters to bring myself up to date with modern
computer technology.
Six months before my termination, the Lord allowed me to pur-
chase a three-bedroom, two-bath condo that’s surrounded by lakes
with people water skiing, fishing, and sailing their big boats. I was
blessed to buy this condo while being faithful and obeying the Lord
with paying tithes and offerings to CCC in Los Angeles, California. I
sowed seeds into good, fertile soil with your ministry and was blessed
with this purchase after filing bankruptcy and a foreclosure on my pre-
vious home.
Dr. Betty, I know I’m blessed because to this date, I have not
missed one payment on any of my bills, including credit card purchas-
es. Mind you, now, I was making ten dollars an hour working on a gov-
ernment job for ten years, with my starting salary of five dollars an hour.
Granted, I don’t live in a high life of luxury spending, but the life that I
live is a life of trusting God for all my needs and for what His Word
says—that if you have the faith of a mustard seed, you can move moun-
tains out of your way. I was not sure what a mustard seed was [when I
first heard that promise preached], so I went and purchased a box of
them.
Anyway, I am writing because I can’t seem to find my space here
anymore at fifty. I’m going through my midlife feeling sorry for myself,
gaining mad weight, and sitting around being lazy. I have started hav-
ing an affair with a married man who happens to be an ordained bish-
op. I tell myself that everyone does it; then I ask the Lord to please for-
give me, and I try to move on with my life. But I keep going back on
that “Lord, please forgive,” and the forgiveness the Lord has extended
to me many times. I can’t seem to say no to the bishop’s attention to me.
And mind you, it’s not a lot of attention that he is able to give to me. I
used to talk—not really badly (but not nicely either)—about other
women who engaged in adulterous relationships with other men.
Dr. Betty, I always prayed to the Lord not to ever let myself become
involved with someone else’s husband, especially a man of the Lord’s
cloth, because I feared the Lord and still fear Him. I pray and pray, but
my self-esteem has been somewhat stripped by what happened at
[work]. It’s been two years, and [yet] I have all of this work experience
20 EVER INCREASING FAITH MAGAZINE Summer 2009
and can’t find a job at fifty years old.
“I ask the Please pray for me, please!
Oftentimes I ask the bishop, Aren’t you
Lord to please afraid of the Lord, or do you and He have
forgive me, just that tight understanding? He says that
every time he leaves my presence, he feels
and I try to really bad, but not bad enough to just stop.
move on with And get this, Dr. Betty, I had been without
an intimate relationship with anyone for
my life. But I eight years and was trying to wait for the
keep going Lord to send me my husband, friend, and
constant companion. I told the bishop this
back on that before we ever had a physical relationship.
“Lord, please You would think that he would be thinking
with his big head…
forgive.” This is an extremely small amount of
money to send to say that I am so
grateful…for your husband’s teaching that I watch each week on
Sundays. I used to send my tithes to CCC in Los Angeles…I’ve slacked
off big time because I don’t have a lot coming in, but I do have a little
coming in.
Please keep me and others like me (’cause I’m not the only one in a
sick situation like this; some folks are way far worse than mine) in your
prayers. I also practice what Dr. Price Sr. says: “Learn to pray for your-
self.” I do and pray for others as well.
I mean not to bother you, for I know that folks write to you every
day about such petty things. As I mentioned earlier, I turned one-half
of a century this year, and I only celebrate the decades in my birthdays,
like at thirty, forty, and now fifty. I thank God for [the numbers] one
through nine, but after the first thirty years, they started coming too
fast. I decided to just celebrate the decades in those years of life. I try to
do something really special on that decade year, and writing to Dr.
Betty Price is my really special something this decade. If I get a
response that would be cool and the best of the best, but please let me
assure you that I am so thankful for just being allowed to just write to
her…
I know it sounds corny, but that’s what I like…Please pray that I
find the right job that the Lord might have for me so that I may help
myself and others and not have such a low self-esteem…
Dr. Betty, I respect people’s union with God, because when the
Lord blesses me with such a union, I would want it also to be respect-
ed…
I have a very heavy heart as I write this e-mail, since I do not know
how to say what I am about to explain to you.
I have been a Christian for more than eight years…I was married for
five years, and my marriage should not have happened in the first place.
We got counseling from the pastor of our church, and it did not work.
When I became separated from my husband, who was a leader of
the church and later left, my pastor and
prophet started an intimate relationship with
me. At first I was very hesitant, but what he
“…my pastor
said made sense. And so, I fell in love. I now and prophet
realize that it was not love.
Due to this relationship, I blossomed in
started a rela-
the house of the Lord. I started many differ- tionship with
ent things and made lots of money for the
church. I started preaching and ministering
me. … I fell in
in dance, so much so that I minister at other love. I now
churches. The power of the Lord is so over-
whelming that people receive break- realize that it
throughs. was not love.”
It has now been four years since the rela-
tionship started, and I have become very
antagonistic toward him. I am disrespectful in major meetings and
angry all the time. During the four years we have been together inti-
mately I have not been faithful. I have always felt like this is not right,
so I started other relationships to take away the pain of being with a
married pastor, prophet, and motivational speaker with three kids.
He, the pastor, has always supported me, and if I need anything at
all I can have it. But I am bitter, and it is manifesting in the way I
behave.
I don't know why, but it is getting worse. Sometimes I feel like just
dying. I have contemplated suicide more than once.
Recently—and this is why I need your advice and prayer—the pas-
tor said that God told him I needed to change. I have always felt like
God did not want this relationship, but he says that God wants us, me
and him together in an intimate relationship, to grow his church. I sug-
gested we change our relationship to friendship, since I felt this was
probably what God wanted. He got angry, and I got scared. So, we are
in a relationship still. He ended up saying that God wanted me to be a
good girl and to stop giving him trouble. If I do what God wants, then
all my ministries would come forth. Right now, he says I am hindering
the work of the Lord by being this way to him.
I have also become quite unfired for the work that gave me so much
joy and energy. Although, I still spend every evening after work in
church, and I still show up to do whatever work I am asked to do. I still
have meetings with my volunteers, and things go as normal. But peo-
ple are starting to notice the difference in me and in the way I treat the
pastor.
I don't want to be this angry person, but
I need release. I know in the Bible it says,
“Sometimes I “Believe in the Lord and you shall be estab-
lished, believe in his prophet and you shall
feel Like just prosper” [2 Chron. 20:20]. I know that I
dying. I have should never question God, and the pastor
hears from God and relays the message. I
contemplated don't know what I am asking from you, but
suicide more GodWhy will tell you how to answer me. I know.
am I coming to you? I had a vision of
than once.” being in your church a long time ago. I
believe what you and your husband preach
with all my heart, and I know God will help
me through you.
Please do not delay in a response. My life is at present hanging in a
balance.
I thank you very much for your support.
YOURS IN CHRIST,
LEVELHEADED
My answer to “Levelheaded” was that her spirit was totally against
the immoral lifestyle that she was sharing with the prophet. She need-
ed to leave that ministry and repent, and God would forgive her.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our
sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
—1 JOHN 1:9
For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins
and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.
—HEBREWS 8:12
I also told her the scripture that she was referring to, 2 Chronicles
20:20, was talking about a righteous prophet, and if she did not get out
of that situation, her future would not be good because there are conse-
quences to the choices that we make. I talked with her again later, and
at the time of that conversation she had not gotten out of the situation
as yet because there are personal benefits that she is receiving from stay-
ing in it. My prayer for her is that the Holy Spirit will bring conviction
to her to make the right decision before it is too late.
This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a bish-
op, he desires a good work. [God is telling you that this is a
good work.] A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of
one wife [not women on the side], temperate, sober-minded, of
good behavior, hospitable, able to teach; not given to wine, not
violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not
covetous; one who rules his own house well, having his children
in submission with all reverence (for if a man does not know
how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church
of God?); not a novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall
into the same condemnation as the devil. Moreover he must
have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall
into reproach and the snare of the devil.
—1 TIMOTHY 3:1–7
Apparently a lot of ministers don’t read
this part of the Bible. They want to know
about faith—how do I get a house, how do I
“If a man get a car, how do I get clothes, or how do I
desires the get shoes? How about how to take care of
your wife? Or wife, how about taking care of
position of a your husband? You need to learn how to use
bishop, he your faith for these types of things.
It says in Titus 1:5–9, “For this reason I
desires a good left you in Crete, that you should set in order
work. A bish- the things that are lacking, and appoint eld-
ers in every city as I commanded you—if a
op then must man is blameless, the husband of one wife,
be blameless.” having pation
faithful children not accused of dissi-
or insubordination. For a bishop
—1 TIMOTHY 3:1–7
must be blameless [blameless does not mean
“perfect,” but one against whom no evil can
be proved; we are not perfect and might make mistakes], as a steward
of God, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not vio-
lent, not greedy for money, but hospitable, a lover of what is good,
sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled, holding fast the faithful word
as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to
exhort and convict those who contradict.”
So I believe these are some things laid out for our leaders—pastors,
men, and women in ministry.—EIF
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 LIVING A
word of faith
DISCIPLINED
LIFE
N
By Apostle Frederick K.C. Price
o one can be successful in ministry who is undisciplined.
There are too many undisciplined pastors, too many undis-
ciplined evangelists, too many undisciplined ministers of the
gospel. To be successful, one must be disciplined!
In I Corinthians 9:27, Paul says:
But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I
have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.
Notice what Paul tells us here: But I discipline my body and bring it
into subjection…. The “I” that Paul is talking about is the spirit man on
the inside. “I” is the real you. “I” is the you that has been born again.
Your body is not you. You are not flesh and blood.
Have you ever heard someone say, “Well, what do you expect? I am
only flesh and blood. What do you want me to do, be an angel or some-
thing? I’m just flesh and blood.”
You are not flesh and blood. You are a spirit! You have a flesh and
blood body, but you are not flesh and blood. Flesh and blood is where
you live. You are a spirit made in the image of God.
The great Apostle Paul said that he kept his body under and brought
it into subjection. That tells me that the body is out of subjection, and
if I do not bring my body in line, it will stay out of subjection.
Notice what Paul did not say: He did not say, “I put my body
under.” If he had said that, he would only have to do it one time. But
he said, “I keep my body under.” The reason he had to keep it under was
because it wanted to get out from under—the same way your body
does. And if you do not keep that sucker under, it will get out from
under and do something it is not supposed to do. Unfortunately, we
hear about it getting out from under all the time in the ministry frater-
nity.
A minister of God has to be disciplined, and it starts with the flesh.
If you cannot discipline your body, you will not discipline your spirit.
You cannot! It is impossible! You cannot see your spirit, yet you are
looking at your body every day, and it will get out of control if you let it.
How are you going to control something you cannot even see?
You have a body that you are looking at all the time, you haul it
around, you push it in and out of cars, you feed it, you are stuffing it,
undershirt it, you shave it, you spray cologne on it, you deodorize it, you
bathe it; and sometimes it gets out of control—while you are looking at
it every five minutes! How are you going to control your spirit that you
have not even seen?
Paul said, but I keep under my body and bring it screaming and hol-
lering into subject, because screaming and hollering is what it will do.
It does not want to conform to God’s Word. It is not subject to the
laws of God. You have to bring it into submission and keep it there.
If you want to be successful, you have to
“A minister of discipline yourself. And it starts with your
God has to be body. If God cannot trust you with the house
you live in, why would He give you 5,000
disciplined, church members?
and it starts It costs something to be disciplined. It will
make you scream sometimes. It will make you
with the flesh. ” holler sometimes, because your body does not
want to conform, but you have to make it con-
form and bring it into subjection. Subjection to what? To the Word
of God and to your own recreated spirit. It does not work automatical-
ly; you have to stay with it all the time.
I like to eat. I love good food. I particularly enjoy ice cream.
Sometimes I will get a craving for it just as they say some women who
are pregnant have a craving for some particular food item. Sometimes
when I get that craving, just to let the devil know that I am in control,
I will deny myself, and I will refuse to eat it. I tell my body, “I am in con-
trol—me, the spirit man. The man on the inside is in control. Body,
you do not control me!” No ice cream is going to have me crawling the
walls at midnight trying to find a fix, like some preachers do with ciga-
rettes.
I will say it again, because it bears repetition: A disciplined life is
what you have to have in order to be successful in your Christian life, as
well as in the ministry!—EIF
This devotional was excerpted from Dr. Price’s book, “Practical
Suggestions for Successful Ministry.” Please call us at (800) 927-3436 or
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June 23, 209 at age 86.
McMahon and his wife
Pamela were long-time mem-
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Angela Evans, Cheryl Price and Warren Milner (far right)
bers of Crenshaw Christian
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dren and those who were dis-
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& Garr Construction); Dr. Lula B.
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Community Development
Corporation); Mr. Wayne-Kent A.
Bradshaw (President & COO,
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Myfaithspace, the social networking
Broadway Federal Bank); Ms. Linda site of Ever Increasing Faith Ministries at
Smith (Executive Director, Los www.faithdome.org as been renamed to
Angeles Minority Business Netfaith at the suggestion of Brian Carr.
Opportunity Center); Mr. Ellis Here are some other social networking
Gordon, Jr. (Financial Consultant, sites associated with the ministry.
Myspace — www.myspace.com/eifm
Gordon/Barash Associates, Inc.); Mr.
Twitter — www.twitter.com/faithwalkwithme
Wilfred L. Marshall (Economic
Facebook — http://www.facebook.com/pages/Los-Angeles-CA/
Development, U.S. Department of
Crenshaw-Christian-Center-Ever-Increasing-Faith-Ministries/123153800203
Commerce); and Mr. Farid A. Haqq
Tangle (Godtube) — http://www.tangle.com/everincreasingfaith
(Education and Financial Consultant,
Youtube — http://www.youtube.com/user/faithwalkwithme
Farid A. Haqq & Associates).

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 straight talk

Q&A with Drs. Fred and Betty Price

It seems that I keep making decisions that are leading nowhere fast. How can I learn to make better choices in my life?
The word choose or choice means using your
free will to make decisions concerning your life.
We have the awesome privilege to use our will to
make choices that influence our lives for good or
for bad. The dictionary says the word choice also
means the ability to recognize alternative and pos-
sible consequences, thereby enabling the selec-
tion of that which is most desirable, admirable
and honorable. There are several choices that we
make in life that are essential to our well being.
First, the most awesome choice anyone can
ever make is to choose Jesus Christ as their per-
sonal Savior and Lord. If you have never done
this, the Bible says you are living in death more
than in life.
The second choice that is essential to your life
is to be filled with God’s Holy Spirit. John 14:26
says: But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the
Father will send in My name, He will teach you
all things, and bring to your remembrance all
things that I have said to you.
Acts 1:8 says: But you shall receive power
when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and
you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in
all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
After you have received Christ, then you need to
receive the Holy Spirit, because He is the One
who gives us the power to live the overcoming
life. So many of us as Christians lived without the
Helper for so long because we didn’t understand
the importance of receiving Him. Yes, we were
born of the Spirit when we received Jesus, but
that does not mean we were filled with the Spirit,
because if you are not speaking with tongues
according to Acts 2:4, you are not filled with the
Spirit.
Each of us needs to choose to continue in
God’s Word. There are too many Christians who
don’t continue in the Word or continue in prayer.
You should always take time to talk to God every
single day. When you do, you are being obedient
to the Word, and you will reap the benefits.

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