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earing Pastor Frederick
K. Price, Jr. minister the
Word of God, it’s hard to
imagine that there was
ever a time when he did
not want to be a preacher. But the youngest child and only son of
Drs. Fred and Betty Price, says growing up,
the farthest thing from his mind was being a
pastor. For him, being a pastor’s son was as
close to the ministry as he wanted to get.
By Antracia Moorings
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Frederick was ordained by his father Dr.
Frederick K.C. Price. It was a moving and
emotional service as attendees witnessed a
prophecy come to life.
Photo By: Harry Langdon
Fast forward to the year 2006 and Pastor Fred, as
he’s known, is smack dab in the middle of his destiny as a
minister of the Gospel and heir to the FaithDome
dynasty. There’s no doubt that the Lord had His hand in
ordering Frederick’s steps. Prior to joining Crenshaw
Christian Center (CCC) as an assistant pastor in 2002,
he was intent on becoming an entrepreneur. After high
school, he enrolled at Long Beach State University
where he majored in Business Administration. However,
after two years, God stepped in and changed the course
of Frederick’s life.
Interestingly enough, he had accepted his call to the
ministry in 1997, a year after high school, but he says he
was a bit fearful.
“But I couldn’t run from it,” he admits. “It was at a
Creflo Dollar meeting at the FaithDome that I got the
call. It was like a green light in my spirit. I just knew it’s
what I was supposed to do. I went to my father and mentioned it to him and he said, ‘you need to get with the
Father in prayer and be more consistent in reading the
Bible.’ That’s about all he told me at
that time. Another 1 1/2 years went by
before I took that seriously.”
So when he was 19, his mother mentioned Cottonwood Christian Center
School of Ministry as an alternative to
Long Beach State and he felt it was the
best move for him. Two years later in
2002, he graduated from Cottonwood
and became a licensed minister. That
same year, he preached his first sermon
in the FaithDome titled, “Does God Show Favoritism?”
The following year, in 2003, Frederick was ordained
by his father Dr. Frederick K.C. Price. It was a moving
and emotional service as attendees witnessed a prophecy
come to life. When Dr. Betty was pregnant with
Frederick, she received a prophesy from Kenneth Hagin
at an All Faiths Crusade at the Convention Center in
Anaheim, CA. “God has restored what the devil stole
from you many years ago. This child will be a blessing to
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you and will help you in the ministry,” prophesied Hagin.
It was truly a profound moment for the Price’s whose
first-born son Frederick K.C. Price, Jr. was struck by an
automobile when he was only eight years old. He died of
his injuries.
During that ceremony on February 8, 2003, Dr.
Price said to the congregation, “When our first son was
killed at eight years old, I thought that was the end of the
Price name. Many years later, ‘Sarah’ (Dr. Betty was 44
years old when Frederick was born) got pregnant again
and ‘Abraham’ (Dr. Price was 46 at Frederick’s birth)
went along with it. Of course, I was very upset when she
got pregnant. I thought I
was through with diapers
and bottles. I had worked
hard to be a good father,
but I felt I couldn’t handle
raising another baby at this
stage in my life.”
“Then the Prophet came
along and told us it would
be a boy and he would be a
blessing to our lives. I have
to say that Frederick has
been an excellent child.
Now I’m happy as a lark,”
added Dr. Price.
When asked what it feels
like to know that you are that child that was prophesied
about, Frederick says it’s sometimes hard to fathom.
“Honestly, I feel like a character in a fantasy novel,”
he explains. “I don’t know how else to say it. I feel like Neo
from the movie “The Matrix” or Luke Skywalker from the
movie “Star Wars.” They were the young ones who were
prophesied about who would save everyone. I’m not saying I’m the savior of the world or anything, but (the
propesy) in itself is awesome. I don’t take it lightly.”
Frederick isn’t the only one who finds the chain of
events surrounding his life awesome. His eldest sister
Angela Evans, who is President of CCC, says she some-
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PASTOR FRED PRICE JR.
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times sits and watches him in awe.
“Watching my baby brother, whose diapers I
changed, is indescribable,” she notes. “The revelation
knowledge that he gets is off the charts. He’s so much like
my father. For Freddie, the sky’s the limit. There was a
prophesy given during my dad’s 50th anniversary that said
the FaithDome is not going to be big enough for Freddie.
It’s overwhelming and exciting.”
But don’t think for one minute that any of this has
given Frederick a big head. Quite the contrary. This 27year-old minister, who drives a Honda Accord (complete
with a state-of-the art sound system and 20-inch rims, of
course) is as humble as they come. He says if he could
preach without the notoriety, he’d be more than content.
“Mark my words I will never be arrogant, big-headed or conceited,” he points out. “I don’t know how to be
because my father is not like that. He is so humble. People
have no idea. He doesn’t want the spotlight. He doesn’t
have to be on a pedestal. He’s not looking for any of that.
And I’m the same way. I’ll tell you right now, if I could
teach this Word without the fame, I’d be okay. I don’t
have to be known, I just want the Word to go forth. But
the notoriety comes with it, so I have to learn how to deal
with it. I’ll never let it get to my head. I’m going to continue to tell myself all the days of my life, ‘You are a humble
person and you will never let this get to your head.’
There’s a scripture that says a person
should not think more highly of himself
than he ought to which means I can
think highly, but I shouldn’t think more
highly than I ought to. So I’m going to
think highly of myself because God
thinks highly of me, but never more
highly than I ought to think.”
That’s some sound thinking from a
young man who says his parents are to
thank for keeping him grounded. Fact
is, much of their influence can be seen
in how he runs his life—including his marriage. Frederick
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married Angel on March 29, 2002, which marked the 50th
wedding anniversary of his parents. He says watching
their marriage and lives has spoken volumes to him.
“After 53 years of marriage they still go upstairs to
have coffee together, converse and just look out the window,” he says. “My mom still fixes my dad’s food. On
anniversaries and birthdays, my dad is still looking for
gifts that will bring my mother delight. It’s as if they are
still dating. I’ve never seen them argue. I’ve seen them
have a difference of opinion. But I’ve never seen anything
that caused dissension between the two of them. I want to
be able to say I have that kind of marriage.”
While Frederick is still
finding his way in the ministry
and marriage, he says he’s taking it all one step at a time.
Though he says he still has
strides to make, he is already
making an impact. In 2003,
Frederick launched a popular
service at CCC—Hip Hop
Sunday. Held every fifth
Sunday, the service is packed
out with young people who
are drawn to the skits, music and message that speaks
directly to them.
“For the majority of the teens everywhere, there’s just
not that fire for God. It’s a fire for secular and worldly
things,” he points out. “How do we transfer that energy
over here to godly things? That’s just what I want to see
done and I’ll fight for that. We do Hip Hop Sunday and I
enjoy doing that because it allows me to minister to the
young people and inform the parents to why their kids
talk like this, dress like this, act like this. We can minister
to other young people in their language and be effective.”
Indeed, the sky is the limit for this young man of
God, who says sometimes even he stands in awe of the
ministry that he will one day take over.
“Whenever I see people who have such admiration,
Ministry
“I am not starting out where he started.
I am starting out were he finishes.” —
PASTOR FRED PRICE JR.
respect and love for my
father, every once and
while it makes me say
‘wow,’” he admits. “I’m
not starting out where
he started. I’m starting
out where he finishes.
I’m stepping into a
humongous platform. If
anything weighs on me,
it’s that I want to measure up to my father because he’s set such a standard of
excellence in character and integrity. That’s what I want
Legacy
“Mark my words I will never be arrogant,
big-headed or conceited. I don”t know how
to be because my father is not like that.”
to do more than anything else. The teaching stuff, the size
of this ministry, the television ministry, all of that stuff is
cool, but I want to be remembered for the same reasons
he’s remembered—as a great man of faith and integrity. I
want the same accolades. I want that same impact or a
greater impact. I believe my father would want me to have
a greater impact.” —EIF
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