Apostle Frederick K.C. Price, the founder of the 28,000-member Crenshaw Christian Center in California, has died weeks after contracting the coronavirus.
“Our Husband, Father & your Apostle has gone to be w/ the Lord this evening,” the family announced Friday night.
“We accept his decision to go as he got a glimpse of glory a few weeks ago. We are sad. Please allow us some time to process. He fought the good fight of faith & laid hold of eternal life.”
Price and his wife, Betty, both tested positive for the coronavirus in early January.
Last week, Crenshaw Christian Center took to social media to state that Price continued to “face health challenges posed by COVID-19.” The ministry urged people to pray for the complete restoration of his “lungs, heart and kidneys and any other parts of his body” that were “under attack” as he spent weeks in the hospital.
“To borrow a phrase from history, Apostle Price ‘slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God,’” Minister Baltimore Scott, the staff administrator for the center’s New York operations, wrote in a statement. “We can all take comfort in knowing that Apostle Price is now in his place in glory that is beyond human description and beyond the peace that passes all understanding.”
Apostle Frederick K. C. Price is survived by his wife, four children, 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
He was also known for his Ever Increasing Faith Ministries television broadcast that started in 1978. He authored over 50 books touching on subjects like prosperity, healing and faith.
Apostle Fred Price founded the Frederick K.C. Price III Christian Schools, the Ministry Training Institute and the Fellowship of Inner-City Word of Faith Ministries.
