About Frederick Kenneth Price
I have often thought of lives as tapestries, threads crossing at moments of grief and triumph. The life of the man whose name sits in the header began on January 3, 1932 and stretched across 89 years of preaching, building, and parenting. He was a pastor who learned to speak in broadcast waves as well as from the pulpit. In 1973 he planted a congregation that would grow into a campus, a media ministry, and a school system. He oversaw the flowering of a sanctuary that would seat more than 10,000 people and he hosted a program that reached radio and television audiences nationwide.
The Church and the Dome Crenshaw Christian Center – FaithDome
The dome looked like a bowl turned to the sky, big enough for a community. The FaithDome launched in 1989 with 10,000 seats and tens of millions of dollars in vision and effort. The church went from a storefront to a 32-acre site. That spectacular 1989 dedication followed the 1980s transfer. Math alone shows how a few hundred people in 1973 became thousands by the 1980s: multiplication by strategy and constant education.
The Media Ministry Ever Increasing Faith
Radio and TV enlarged voices, I saw. Ever Increasing Faith adapted sermon notes into radio lectures. Books, tapes, and broadcasts made a local pastor an international teacher. Also important were thousands of hours of recorded sermons, decades of weekly transmissions, and crowds measured in seats, listeners, and viewers across cities and countries.
Family and Personal Ties
Dr. Betty Price
She was the constant at his side. I see her as partner and cofounder, the steady hand who navigated administrative storms while he preached. They married in the early 1950s and together they raised children, launched schools, and managed the household of a public ministry. She authored reflections on being the pastor’s spouse and she stood in leadership roles that the public sometimes overlooked.
Frederick K. C. Price Jr.
One of his sons followed his footsteps into the pulpit. I have read about seasons when the son stepped in to lead the congregation, returned to the role, and carried the family mantle forward. Leadership in a family of ministers is both a legacy and a test.
Frederick K. C. Price III
A name that recurs in memorials is tragic and tender. A child lost in 1962 at age eight left a hole and a name that would be given to an educational institution in his memory. The school carries that chapter forward, turning sorrow into a living, breathing place for learning.
Angela Marie Evans
She steps in front of an administrative desk rather than the pulpit, running the K through 12 institution that bears the family name. I see the practical work behind ministry: payrolls, enrollment figures, curriculum plans, and fundraising totals. The schools became one of the clearest ways the family translated doctrine into daily practice for children.
Cheryl Ann Price
Her name appears in program lists and family rosters. To me she represents the many helpers behind the scenes, the siblings who hold family history together in photographs and events.
Stephanie Pauline Buchanan
She has voiced public remembrances and family memories. I imagine her in living rooms with photographs and stories, keeping the narrative of a father alive through personal recollection.
Delores W. Jones
A sister whose name appears in official records and formal acknowledgements. Siblings are roots; they are the first community that shapes temperament and loyalties.
Winifred Price and Frederick Price Sr.
I picture parents who worked and saved, who taught early lessons about work and faith. Family origin stories often include jobs, neighborhoods, daily routines; his father ran a service business and his mother kept the home. Those small facts create the soil from which later ambitions grew.
Allen Crabbe and Angel Price
Grandchildren gave the family public moments in the sports pages and donation announcements. I find it humanizing that a family known for sermons also shows up in basketball articles and school fundraisers. The grandson helped keep a school open through a donation. That single figure – a gift large enough to make the news – reads like a footnote that expands into a paragraph of legacy.
Timeline Table
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1932 | Birth on January 3 |
| 1962 | Death of son aged 8 |
| 1973 | Founded the congregation |
| 1986 | Groundbreaking for new campus |
| 1989 | FaithDome dedicated with 10,000 seats |
| 2018 | Family leadership transitions reported |
| 2021 | Passed away on February 12 at age 89 |
I use numbers like road signs. They tell you where you are on the map.
Career Highlights and Material Notes
I have watched ministries build infrastructure – buildings, broadcast schedules, school enrollments. He moved from small Sunday gatherings to a campus, authored books, and maintained a weekly broadcasting routine. The FaithDome stands as an architectural statement, a number-driven proof of scale. It opened in 1989 and seated more than 10,000 people. The school system bore his family name and educated hundreds of students across K through 12.
FAQ
Who was Frederick Kenneth Price?
He was a pastor born in 1932 who founded a Los Angeles area church in 1973, created a 10,000 seat sanctuary in 1989, and taught through a radio and television program that spanned decades.
Who are the key family members?
His wife was Dr. Betty Price. His children include pastors and administrators such as Frederick K. C. Price Jr and Angela Marie Evans. He had a son who died in 1962 and grandchildren who have stepped into public roles.
What is the FaithDome?
It is the sanctuary seating about 10,000 people that opened in 1989 and served as the visible center of the campus. Think of it as a cathedral shaped by modern engineering.
What role did media play in his work?
Radio and television programs extended his teaching beyond the campus. He recorded thousands of sermons and reached listeners and viewers in multiple cities and countries.
Are the schools still operating?
The family created K through 12 institutions associated with the ministry. They have relied on donations and family leadership to continue operations. Numbers such as enrollment and funding have fluctuated over the years.
How should I think about his legacy?
I see legacy as the combination of built places, taught lessons, and family lines that continue. It is material and spiritual at once. The dome is concrete. The schools are organized rows of desks. The teachings live as recorded sermons and the family keeps retelling the story.
