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CONTENTS
EVER INCREASING FAITH MAGAZINE
Winter 2010
WINTER 2010

Vol. VI, No. 1

ALASKA:
MINISTRY AT
Editor
Antracia Moorings

SEA CRUISE

CLINICS
Columnist
Dr. LaVerne Tolbert

Contributing Writers
Pastor Robert Bolden
A. Michael Evans Jr.
Adrian Evans
Mark A. Peay
6 10 12
Art Design
Lorena Iñiguez Elebee

EIF Graphics Designer

Ardena Brooks

Photographers
Harry Langdon
Richard Ventura

Make Up
Adrian M. Evans 16 18 22

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Looking Back On Pastor Toxic Thoughts & Emotions What’s On Your Mind?
Editorial Offices

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Year As Pastor
By Pastor Robert Bolden By Dr. Betty R. Price
Research shows that around What you keep your mind on
By Antracia Moorings 87% of illnesses can be attrib- will determine whether you
uted to our thought life, and will be at peace or whether
Frederick K. Price Jr. reflects
approximately 13% to diet, you will be full of anxiety in
back on his first year as pas-
tor and looks ahead to his genetics and environment. this troubled world.
future years as shepherd of There is no longer any doubt
the flock of Crenshaw that what and how you think
Christian Center. affect your emotional and
physical state. The mind and
10 FROM THE HEADLINES body are integrally connect-
Exploring Alaska: The Ministry
ed.
At Sea Cruise
By A. Michael Evans, Jr.
An inside look at the ministry
cruise to Alaska and all of the
beauty there.
DEPARTMENTS
3 A Message from Dr. Price
12 Parenting Matters 25 On the Air

5 On the Calendar 18 You Are Helping To Make It 26 Q&A: Straight Talk with
Happen Drs. Fred & Betty Price
Contributors

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a message from Apostle Price invitation to salvation

Finding Wisdom in the Word If you

are not a
Christian
If you are a born-again Believer, you have mountain-moving faith residing in you.

and
You may not be using it, but it is there – a sleeping giant. You may say, “But I don’t feel
like I have it,” but having that faith has nothing to do with your feelings. If you are born

would
again, you have the measure of faith.

like to
In Romans 12:3, Paul declares, … as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.
Personally, I think the standard King James Version is a more accurate translation of

become one,
this verse: … according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. Before I go

pray the
any further, let me qualify the phrase every man. Paul is not talking about every man in
the world. He is referring to every man in the Church of Jesus Christ. He makes this

following
qualification in Romans 1:7, where he writes, To all who are in Rome, beloved of God,
called to be saints. He also states in 2 Thessalonians 3:2 … that we may be delivered from

prayer:
unreasonable and wicked men; for not all have faith.
…God What are you doing with your measure of faith?
I remember a time when life was hard and money was
has dealt short—all because I hadn’t grabbed hold of the concept of faith.
And God gives it to us freely.
to each It is an unmerited gift. You cannot get it by tarrying,
mourning, fasting, or tithing. Faith can only be received as a
one a free handout from God. How does God hand this gift out to Dear GOD in Heaven,
us? According to Paul, So then faith comes by hearing, and
measure hearing by the word of God (Romans 10:17). This is why Jesus Thank you for sending Your
commanded us to "Go into all the world and preach the gospel Son JESUS CHRIST to destroy
of faith.” to every creature. If we do not preach the Word, faith cannot the power of Satan over my life. I
come. If faith does not come, men cannot believe. If they can- accept Jesus now as my personal
—Romans 12:3
not believe, they cannot be saved. And if they are not saved, SAVIOR and LORD, and I
they will go to hell when their bodies physically die. choose to turn away from the sins
When we are born again, we all receive the same measure of my past to a renewed Life in
or amount of faith. If you have accepted Christ as your personal Savior and Lord, you Jesus.
already have all the faith you will ever need.
I’m so glad I learned about faith. And my wife and I are blessed that generations You said that if I would confess
after us are walking in faith according to God’s Word. It’s been a year since my son, with my mouth the LORD
Frederick K. Price, Jr was installed as pastor of Crenshaw Christian Center. Watching JESUS and believe in my heart
him walk in his God-given destiny does my heart good. that You raised Him from the
Faith will produce results over time. Anything of value takes time, and so it is with dead, that I would be saved. I
the principles of faith. It produces results over time. It is not an instant panacea. It is not believe JESUS died for my sins
and that You raised Him from the
a ripcord that you pull to bail you out of a problem. It is not
dead for my benefit.
an Aladdin’s lamp that you can stroke and say, “Genie,
Genie, come out and give me a new yacht.”
HEAVENLY FATHER, I
You have to stay with faith. You have to make a commit- thank you for the gift of salvation
ment to the point that you burn all the bridges down behind and for accepting me now as Your
you, and many people do not do that. They are trying child.
faith. They want to see if it’s going to work. Right there
is doubt, and it has already crippled them. You have to In JESUS’ name, Amen.
be completely sold out. You have to be absolutely con-
vinced that acting on the Word will produce results
given time and commitment.
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

2010

APRIL 15
CALENDAR
New Creation Christian Fellowship
806 S. Stone Mountain/Lithonia
MAY 21
Living Word Christian Church
1236 Mamaroneck Avenue
JUNE 22
Ontario Christian Center
1336 North Baker Avenue
Road White Plains, NY 10605 Ontario, CA 91761
Stone Mountain, GA 30088 (914.686.1400) (909.983.5269)
770.465.0870 [Pastor Raymond Hadjstylianos] [Dr. Juan Williams, Sr.]
[Pastor Floyd & Minister Emma 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
Dautrieve] Apostle Frederick K.C. Price Apostle Frederick K.C. Price
7:30 p.m.
Apostle Frederick K.C. Price
MAY 23 JULY 26-30
CCC East FICWFM Annual Convention
APRIL 25-MAY 5 Apostle Frederick K.C. Price Los Angeles, CA
ISRAEL

MAY 27-28
MAY 16-17 Heritage Family Fellowship
Impacting Your World Christian 201 E. Broadway Avenue
Center Anaheim, CA 92805
2901 W. Chapel Avenue (714.817.1900)
Cherry Hill, NJ 08002 [Dr. Art Aragon]
(856.406.4060) 7:30 p.m.
[Pastor Ray Barnard] Apostle Frederick K.C. Price New York

7:00 p.m.?
Los Angeles

Apostle Frederick K.C. Price

JUNE 2-5
Men’s Advance
MAY 20 Palm Springs (Indian Wells), CA
CCC East
Apostle Frederick K.C. Price

contributors

Pastor Robert E. A. Michal Evans, Jr. is

Bolden accepted the
Receptionist and has worked in a number of
the Vice President of areas at the ministry including Assistant to the
lordship of Jesus Marketing for CCC. President, Marketing Coordinator and Youth
Christ in 1980. He Additionally, he is the Coordinator. She is currently Assistant to Pastor
graduated from the Executive Producer of Fred Price Jr. In her spare time, Adrian works as
Ministry Training the Ever Increasing a makeup artist in the industry as well as for spe-
Institute at Crenshaw Faith Television, cial events at CCC.

Mark A. Peay is a
Christian Center Radio, Internet and
(CCC) in 1997. LiveCasts. He is also
Pastor Bolden is cur- Manager of the Flight graduate of
rently an instructor at the Apostle Frederick Price Department. In his role as International Travel Supernatural
Ministry Training Center where he teaches Coordinator, Evans has coordinated cruises for Ministries Training
Balanced Prosperity. He received his Masters CCC since 1984. He and his wife Angela, Institute in Midland,
Degree from Suffield University while teaching at president of CCC, Michigan where he
Abundant Harvest Christian School of Ministry, have two grown chil- received his
an accredited School of Theology. The classes dren and one grand- Ministerial Degree in
he taught included the Principles of Faith, son. Leadership & five-

Adrian Evans has

Pneumatology, and Angelology. Pastor Bolden fold ministry. Mark is
also spearheaded the HIV/AIDS Program at also a sought-after teacher and music workshop
CCC as well as being one of the contributing been an employee at clinician. He currently serves as Music and
writers of the Ever Increasing Faith Magazine. CCC for five years. Worship Arts Coordinator at Crenshaw
She started out as Christian Center.

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By Antracia Moorings
Last year marked a historic
moment in Crenshaw Christian
Center (CCC) history when
Apostle Frederick K.C. Price
named his then 30-year-old son
Pastor Fred Price Jr. pastor of the
22,000-member congregation. His
installation ceremony was full of
accolades, pomp and circumstance.
But all that’s been traded in for the
every day work of Pastor Fred
rolling up his sleeves and leading
the congregation.
W ith a year of experience under his
belt, Pastor Fred admits that the job of a
shepherd is a tough one. But one that
he’s more than ready to tackle for
decades to come.
“Being pastor is hard because you have to make
decisions—that’s the hardest thing,” noted Pastor
Fred. “You have to stand by
the decision you make
and believe God that
you are making the
right one. I
understand
now that that’s
what comes
with the terri-
tory—making
the tough deci-
sions.
I’ve made
my fair share of them in 2009 and I
know I’m going to be making many
more.”
Two big decision he’s made thus far
include changing the time and format of
Sunday Service, adding a new Saturday
night worship service and changing the dress
code for employees of CCC from business attire to
dressy casual.
They are small changes. However, they are
proof that he is making his mark on the church his
father founded more than 30 years ago. And that’s
been the biggest change so far says Pastor Fred—
that now the buck stops with him now rather than
his father. Other than that the foundation estab-
lished is the same.
“The Word hasn’t changed. The teaching hasn’t
changed. There could possibly be another level of
anointing from the standpoint of authority and lead-
ership but other than that, everything has pretty
much been the same,” he says.
While Apostle Price is not working in the same
capacity as pastor, he is still available for Pastor
Fred if necessary, which this new pastor counts as a
blessing.
“It’s not hard having him still here and relevant,”
he pointed out. “I think it’s somewhat beneficial.
Because he’s around, there’s still his aura here so to
speak. And that’s not a bad thing because he built
this place. His persona is still here. It’s what built
Crenshaw Christian Center. He still is the face of
Ever Increasing Faith Ministries. He is the
Fellowship of Inner City Word of
Faith Ministries. What an
ideal situation to still have
dad present. He does not “He’s
interfere. He lets me be a regimented
me. He lets me lead.”
While the task to lead individual. He’s
may be daunting, it is not
something that makes like a clock.”
Pastor Fred fearful. In
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“I
am praying
fact, he says God helped Though
24 hours of the him conquer fear early in he’d been
day.” his ministry. He was ordained in
ordained Feb. 2003 and the ministry
eventually went on to cre- six years prior
ate a special Sunday service to taking over the
called "Hip-Hop Sunday" to post as pastor,
attract younger church-goers. Pastor Fred had to
Initially, he had a bit of pulpit anxiety which he says was learn all aspects of the
eradicated in 2004 when he preached the message “What church and comprehend the roles of
In Hell Do You Want?” And the initial fear that came with the pastoral staff. He sat with every pastor on staff to see
being responsible for hundreds of employees has passed as what they did and what they specialized in, accompanied
well. them on hospital and home visitations,
One thing that hasn’t passed is the celebrity status that and attended memorials and
comes with being the pastor of a mega-church as well as a weddings they officiated as
guest on his father’s television broadcast. Pastor Fred “I well as joined in on phone
admits that it’s something that he doesn’t know that he’ll counseling. He did hands-
believe my son
ever get used to. But what he does intend to get used on training like this for
to is remaining humble as his father has all of these will accept the several years.
years. He also admits to admiring traits that make his And it is very likely
father who he is—mainly his discipline. call and I will this training will help
“He’s a regimented individual. He’s like a clock,” him should his own now
not pressure
Pastor Fred says of Apostle Price. “You don’t look at a toddler-age son one day
clock and wonder what time it is. The time moves the him.” decide to follow his grand-
same way every day progressively. He’s not perfect, but father and father into the pul-
he’s dang near flawless—that’s the way it appears from the pit.
way he’s lived his life. “I believe my son will accept the
“Ideally, I’d like to have a prayer and study time like call and I will not pressure him,” Pastor Fred noted. “I will
him,” continues Pastor Fred. “I mean I do those things but treat him in the calling the same way that my father treat-
I don’t do them like him. His prayer life is more disci- ed me. As long as there’s a Price in existence who’s
plined than mine from the standpoint that it’s on his men- called to the office of pastor and teacher,
tal calendar. He’s praying from this time to this time. I the Word of God will be taught here at
don’t do that. I’m praying 24 hours of the day. It’s going to Crenshaw Christian Center. As for
get done. My studying is going to get done. Bible reading now, the wheels are turning here,
is going to get done. I’m not as military as him and I don’t it’s just bringing [the ideas] into
know if I will be or if it will just come with maturity. I also manifestation now.” —EIF
admire his integrity. He’s had 78 years of it. I want
people to look at me for my integrity like
they do him. Everyone knows my dad
is no-nonsense. He’s not about fads, “It’s
hype or show. It’s hard-core Word.
Teach it. Live it. Live it. Teach it. hard-core
I want that. Other than that, I
think I’m pretty much already Word. Teach it.
like him. I have a lot of his habits, Live it. Live it.
ways and attributes. It’s the
details of his discipline that I plan Teach it.”
to adopt.”

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from the headlines
W
hen I asked my media staff to create a commercial pro-
moting our 2009 Alaska Cruise, the result was a series
of graphics showcasing hooded Eskimos in a snowy set-
ting outside of an igloo. In reality, nothing could be fur-
ther from the truth. An Alaskan summer is like spring in
the lower 48 (Alaska talk for mainland USA). It can be warm in the
sun—sometimes even hot—and cool in the shade. Bottom line, the
weather varies, but overall it’s fantastic.
Exploring
Alaska:
The Ministry At
Sea Cruise
By A. Michael Evans, Jr.
“Seattle, WA… It’s a beautiful city
surrounded by snow capped peaks right
on the Pacific Ocean.”
We boarded our Holland America ship, the M.S. Westerdam,
in Seattle, WA—which is quite a destination in itself. It’s a beautiful
city surrounded by snow capped peaks right on the Pacific Ocean.
One of its featured attractions is the Space Needle, a remnant of the
Seattle, 1962 World’s Fair.
The ship was large but not gaudy. It was classy and elegant.
After a full day of travel for some, our cabin was a welcome sight.
After the lifeboat drill, it was time to unpack our newly arrived
luggage and rest before our Welcome Aboard meeting in the Vista
Lounge.
During the meeting, guests were introduced to Michael and
Angela Evans, our hosts for the week. They introduced the Price
family including Apostle Fred Price, Dr. Betty Price and Pastor
Fred Price, Jr and his wife Angel. Cheryl Price was introduced as
the hostess of fun, as she coordinated the fun activities for us aboard
the ship. Finally, the staff of Inspiration Cruises & Tours, our trav-
el agency was introduced. They in turn introduced key ship person-
nel.
Also introduced was Deidre Hughes who provided the min-
istry in song during the week and gave an impromptu concert. Her
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jovial husband, Trent accompanied her.
We heard about all the exciting things that were in store for us
during the week and were looking forward to it all. The meeting
concluded just in time for our first dinner aboard ship. And, what a
dinner it was. The food was awesome. Not a good sign if you
boarded the ship already carrying more tonnage than you should.
After dinner, it was party time for some. For other’s it was time
to get a well-deserved night’s sleep.
As a result of so many years cruis-
ing and having Ministry at Sea, Ever
Increasing Faith Ministries (EIFM)
has learned to have meetings aboard
ship at the most convenient times possi-
ble. So, our first ministry session of the
cruise was at 1:30pm. Plenty of time to
sleep in, order en-suite breakfast out on
your verandah while watching flying
fish, whales and porpoises swimming
by.
After breakfast, there was still time
to go to the beautifully-appointed gym
and work out a little or just walk the
ship to look for new adventures.
“What Is Important
About Faith? Classic
Apostle Price lessons.”
The meetings were casual and
optional although most of our group
attended all of them. Apostle Price led
off following announcements by
Michael Evans and worship and praise
and special music by Deidre Hughes. His message was “What’s So
Important About Faith?” It was classic Apostle Price. Lessons that
can be obtained by purchasing his first book, “How Faith Works.”
It was awesome as usual and you couldn’t beat the setting.
Following the morning session, we were dismissed to the book
table to shop for our first gifts of the cruise while our meeting room
opened up for afternoon activities for other passengers.
“Hollywood Nights theme party”
Later that evening we had our Hollywood Nights theme party
for our group only. The other passengers celebrated their normal
first formal night. We made the best of our formal attire starting
with entering the ballroom on the red carpet, having our photos
taken by paparazzi and enjoying hor’douveres.
The MC for the evening was none other than Cheryl Price.
She looked as beautiful as ever in her flowing black evening gown.
We had a talent contest for the best dressed and most interesting
personalities. You wouldn’t believe the amount of ham in our peo-
ple, including Apostle Price.
Michael and Angela Evans awarded the “Oscars” to each win-
ner based on the recommendation of our panel of judges. What a
lovely evening. Then it was off to dinner, the nightly show, shops on
board and just enjoying all that Holland America had in store for
us. Others just marched off to bed for well-deserved rest.
Tuesday from 10am-7pm, we cruised scenic Glacier Bay. This
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from the headlines
was also where we took our group photo in front of the Marguerite
Glacier.
Late that evening, it was game time where our group chal-
lenged the Prices to a variety of board games and Apostle Price’s
favorite game, UNO. We were having so much fun, we didn’t want
to stop and go to dinner but we were starving and forced ourselves.
The next morning, Wednesday, we arrived at our first real port
of call Juneau, Alaska. What a place. The capital of the state of
Alaska and former home of then Governor and Vice Presidential
candidate, Sarah Palin. The weather was perfect—sunny and warm
in the sun and slightly cool in the shade.
We saw members of our group coming and going on a variety
of shore excursions and walking around enjoying the town. Some
even toured the state capital. Still others looked for a famous
Alaskan seafood lunch. Many of us purchased fresh and smoked
Alaskan crab and salmon to send or bring home.
Thursday we arrived at Sitka, Alaska. It’s a beautiful, quaint,
seaside town surrounded by hundreds of inhabited islands with one
or two houses on each. Shopping or sightseeing was the order of
the day. Again the weather was picture perfect.
We departed Sitka at 5pm headed for Ketchikan. This evening
“We arrived at Sitka, Alaska … a
beautiful, quaint seaside town.”
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was our second formal night and we had an impromptu concert by
our own Deidre Hughes that was only open to members of our
group. Deidre was awesome and well received. Afterward it was off
to the Captain’s Gala Farewell dinner.
On Friday, we arrived at Ketchikan, Alaska. What a city—the
salmon capital of the world. We saw so many salmon trying to swim
up the Ketchikan Creek you could almost walk on them. They were
huge, beautiful and I would imagine, very tasty. Salmon croquettes,
smoked salmon pate & crackers, blackened salmon…mmm, don’t
get me started. The seafood in Alaska is superb.
We departed Ketchikan early and headed to Victoria, British
Colombia. While enroute, we had our final meeting with teaching
by Pastor Fred Price, Jr. His message was inspiring beyond his
years. As they say, the fruit doesn’t fall too far from the tree.
We had an evening arrival in Victoria. Some went ashore to
experience a whole new country—Canada. It was quaint, beautiful
and very much like a large college town, with boutiques and restau-
rants appearing to cater to the young and the young at heart. It was
a gorgeous ending to a wonderful cruise.
If you have never traveled with Ever Increasing Faith
Ministries, you must do so soon. We’ll be traveling to Israel on Aug.
13th, 2011, aboard the largest cruise ship in the world, Royal
Caribbean’s Oasis of the seas. Watch the website, www.faith-
dome.org for updated information on all things Ever Increasing
Faith. —EIF
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parenting matters

By La Verne Tolbert, Ph.D.

C
linics on school grounds are called School-
Based Health Centers (SBHCs). They
used to be called school-based clinics
(SBCs), but the term, clinic, has
been substituted with the more palatable
term, health center. Some clinics are not
neighborhoods populated by minority and
located directly on school grounds, but
poor women. It was recommended

CLINICS
since they are strategically very close—
that a nationwide policy on family plan-
usually within a block or two—they are
ning—complete with a reporting sys-
called School-Linked Clinics (SLCs)

in the
tem—be implemented no later than
or School-Linked Health Centers
1975.
(SLHCs).
THE COMMISSION ON
Minors who cannot receive aspirin
POPULATION GROWTH

Schools
from a teacher without their parents’
permission can be taken to the clinic,
examined, “evaluated”, and prescribed
medications. Clinic staff also has the
“right” to transport students off-cam-
pus during school hours for abor-
tions—all without their parents’ knowledge or
consent. Nurses and doctors in these clinics are
immune to otherwise restrictive laws governing
local school districts.
School-based health centers are this coun-
try’s attempt at a comprehensive teenage preg-
nancy prevention program, which comes under
the umbrella of national heath care reform.
Citing statistics that many children go without
physical examinations because they are unin-
sured, proponents argue for a socialized
approach to providing reproductive health care.
Since the majority of these children—
African American and Hispanic—attend public
schools, this is the most logical place to serve as
“surrogate” parents for the “nation’s neediest chil-
dren.” But these “at-risk” students are not the
only populations targeted for SBHCs. Plans
are to have a clinic in every public school, includ-
ing elementary.
THE BIRTH OF SBHCS
How have we arrived at a place where there
are clinics on school grounds and condoms in
our children’s classrooms? The early beginnings
of SBHCs may surprise you. Here’s a brief
overview.
The birth of school-based health clinics
began with Sanger’s push to preserve life for the
elite class by providing birth-control for the
masses. Decidedly racist in origins, Planned Parenthood soon
became the vehicle to herald this twisted agenda.
By the mid 60’s, controlling births in the black population was a
major governmental concern because African American women were
perceived to be particularly fecund or fertile. To reduce births, the
federal government sub-contracted Planned Parenthood to set up
walk-in, non-medical units to provide family planning services in
In 1970, a special commission was
formed—The Commission on
Population Growth and the American
Future—to study on the effects of pop-
ulation growth and immigration on
government, the economy, and the environment.
If you see the poor This evaluation took place over a two-year peri-
oppressed in a district, od from 1970 to 1972.
Meanwhile, Planned Parenthood consid-
and justice and rights ered that sexuality education went hand-in-hand
denied, with providing contraceptive and birth-control
services for teenagers. To spearhead the effort to
Do not be surprised at mandate comprehensive sex education in public
such things school curricula, Mary Calderone, who was the
medical director of Planned Parenthood, estab-
for one official is eyed by lished the Sex Information and Education
a higher one, Council of the United States (SIECUS).
And over them both are Planned Parenthood’s next step was to actu-
ally get its services into public schools. As early
others higher still. as 1970, the first school-based clinic opened qui-
etly in an inner-city school in Dallas. That same
—Ecclesiastes 5:8
year, three hundred females at Yale University
were given the “morning-after pill.”
SOMETHING IS Simultaneously, changing existing laws
became the focus. With parental notification
VERY WRONG
and consent, providers faced a major roadblock.
WITH OUR LOGIC Minors were prevented from receiving contra-
ceptives and birth-control unless their parents
THERE ARE approved. Something had to change.
CLINICS IN OUR
THE FINAL REPORT
SCHOOLS.
In 1972, the Commission on Population
Growth and the American Future issued its final
report. Stating that the task for fertility-related
services was a governmental priority that was
too important to be left to voluntary organizations or to private
efforts, the Commission recommended hiring Planned Parenthood
Federation of America (PPFA) to manage the nation’s family plan-
ning.
The agreement was quite costly. Commonly known as Title X,
hundreds of millions of dollars ($275 in 1974, $325 in 1975, $400 each
subsequent year) were set aside to pay PPFA. As the “expert,”

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parenting matters
PPFA continues to be a hired agency, a subcontractor that provides
its specialized services—abortion, birth-control, and contraception—
for the purposes of controlling population growth. In other words,
there is someone higher than Planned Parenthood. Its boss is the
federal government, and taxpayers pay the bill!
Planned Parenthood provides the personnel, programs, and
birth-control services for all school-based health centers. Additional
staff come from private physicians or those who work in teaching hos-
pitals. To allay concerns from parents, teachers, administrators, and
the community about contraceptives being given to students, clinic
staff is advised not to dispense contraceptives during the first year of
operation but to introduce these services in the second year after the
controversy over opening the SBHC subsides.
To avail themselves of additional millions in federal dollars set
aside for mental health, anti-drug, and anti-smoking, SBHCs also
provide these related services. Students are encouraged to enroll in
the clinic by staff, who offer physicals for athletics, jobs and college,
immunizations, and programs for weight-control.
Principals and school administrators assist the SBHCs by giv-
ing students’ class schedules to the staff so that the nurses can invite
the children to visit the clinic. Once inside, no matter what the rea-
son for the visit—an ear infection, a broken fingernail—all students
are asked about their sexual activity and offered birth-control and
contraceptives. Females receive pelvic examinations and Pap smears,
usually during the morning school hours, those times that parents
usually assume that their kids are learning how to read.
Students are also given psychosocial evaluations—mental health
tests—again without their parents’ notification or consent. The
“results” from these tests are placed into students’ school files and can
follow them throughout their years in the educational system.
While regular school nurses cannot give students an aspirin with-
out their parents’ consent, nurses and doctors in these health clinics
can even give students mental health drugs if their psychosocial eval-
uation so indicates. Special incentives such as pizza parties and free
tickets to school dances and sporting events are ways that school
administrators encourage all students to enroll in the clinic.
EXPENSIVE OPERATIONS
These school-based health clinics are expensive to operate—from
$90,000 to over $300,000 per clinic—and costs are primarily for
salaries. A host of private foundations also underwrite costs, and
additional monies come from state grants, Medicaid and social serv-
ices. It’s just slightly ironic that in many of these same schools chil-
dren don’t have enough textbooks, paper on which to write, or com-
puters in their classrooms.
As school-based health clincs continue to expand today—they
are already in some elementary schools and plans are to begin com-
prehensive sex education at the kindergarten level —clinics in our
children’s schools seem like a giant that’s too big to fall.
Lawsuits succeeded in closing some school clinics, but more
parents who are involved are needed. There are too few voices speak-
ing on behalf of the family. Christian organizations are sounding the
alarm to a nation that seems very hard-of hearing. For whatever rea-
sons, many mothers and fathers appear to be numbed into sleepy
silence. Wake up!
Parents need more choices for their children’s education. Private
schools and charter schools are the answer. You may wonder, “Does
sexual intercourse increase in schools with family planning clinics?”
You probably won’t be surprised with this answer! We’ll discuss
this in our next column…—EIF
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I have a very special testimony to share.
Late one night after putting my five children to
bed, I turned on my television set and there
was Dr. Price speaking on how a poor person
could tithe. You stated that a poor person
could tithe by collecting soda cans and bottles
and taking them back to the store then using
that money for tithing. I was poor, alone and
trying to raise my five children alone. I was in
hiding with my children from their abusive
father. I did exactly what Dr. Price said.
I don’t understand how, but I went back
to school earning a Master’s Degree. I put my
five children through private school. I traveled
all over the world, lived in West Africa for a
short time. I even established a daycare. I got
the chance to speak with you many years later
when you visited New York City at Madison
Square Gardens. I just want to say thank you.
—Viola P. Amara (Fayette, N.C.)
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TESTIM ONIES
A Shining Example
We have been studying God's Word
with Apostle Price since 1971 when, by
chance, we ran across your program one
Sunday morning. We have never forgotten
how you drilled it in our hearts and mind to
“walk by faith and not by sight.”
You inspired us so with how you were
able to bring your four lovely children up to
honor and reverence God-that is how we
knew you were a man of God. Many years
before you taught about racism in America,
my husband once said to me, “I wonder what
Dr. Price's thoughts are concerning racism.”
When you taught on Race, Religion and
Racism, we knew for sure that God was in
charge.
—Fred Gray
A Changed Life
My life has and never will be the same
because of you Dr. Price. I know God put
you in the Apostle office. Because of your
handling and respect for God’s Word, lives
have been changed. You will never fully
know how many but God knows. When you
came to Saginaw, MI in November 2008,
my brother—who I had been praying for for
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years—came with me. He received Jesus as
Savior and now always listens to Apostle
Price. I had been praying for 20 years or
more for Apostle Price to come to Saginaw
and in 2008 God answered my prayer.
—Minister Nadine P. Harrison (Saginaw, MI)
Humble Thanks
Congratulations on the well-deserved
honor of being affirmed as an Apostle of
Faith. Your ministry has contributed to my
spiritual growth beginning in 1987 when I
received Christ as my Savior at one of your
meetings held in New York at Madison
Square Garden. May God continue to bless
you, your ministry and family.
—Patrice A. McLaughlin (New York, NY)
Tapping Into God’s Power
Dr. Price, you are a true apostle. Only
an apostle could have answered my ques-
tion: “if God is so almighty, why can’t I tap
into His power?” Through your instruction,
I found out how powerful faith is and how
alive it is. Thank you.
—Carlos Delgado (Pasadena, CA)
The Right Word
I was introduced to Ever Increasing
Faith Ministries on Sunday, December 2,
2007. I never watch TV early in the morning
but it was Christmas and I wanted to see if
any specials were on. At around 7:15am and
as I flipped through the channels, I was cap-
tured by what Dr. Frederick Price was talk-
ing about. I couldn’t help but stop and listen
to what he had to say. After the show ended,
I went to get my Bible so I could review the
verses he’d just read. As I sat with my Bible,
I received a phone call that my mother had
just died of a sudden heart attack. I realized
that I just received a very special gift. Your
teachings have helped me deal with the
death of my mother and other issues in my
life. I’m so happy that I found someone who
teaches the Word in a way that I understand.
My life has more meaning and I am truly
blessed. Dr. Price, you are a true Apostle of
Faith.
—Peggy Saltmarsh (Dalton, N.H.)
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health & healing
By Pastor Robert Bolden
B
ehavior starts with a thought. Thoughts stimulate emotions
which then result in attitude and finally produce behavior.
Therefore, toxic thoughts produce toxic emotions, which pro-
duce toxic attitudes, resulting in toxic behavior.
The good news is these toxic thoughts, emotions and attitudes
are controllable. Every thought has a corresponding electrochemical
reaction in your brain. At one moment, your brain is creatively perform-
ing about 400 billion actions (2,000 of which you are conscious of). We
will explore reasons why it is important to think good thoughts.
Research shows that around 87% of illnesses can be attributed to
our thought life, and approximately 13%
to diet, genetics and environment.
There is no longer any doubt that what 75 to 90% of
and how you think affect your emotion- visits to
al and physical state. The mind and
body are integrally connected.
primary-care
Your thoughts can de-stress you, physicians are
making you more alert, calm, and in the result from
control of your emotions, or can do just
the opposite, the choice is yours.
stress-related
According to the American Institute of disorders.
stress, between 75 to 90% of visits to pri-
mary-care physicians are the result from stress-related disor-
ders.
The medical field’s solution to this problem has been to
develop pharmaceutical drugs aimed at trying to change the
brains chemistry to make us feel good. We must trust God
and obey His Word concerning thoughts and emotions.
There are two important groups of emotions: positive
faith-based emotions and negative fear-based emotions. Each of
these groups has its own set of emotional molecules attached to
it. Faith and fear are not just emotions, but spiritual
forces with chemical and electrical representation in
the body. Negative emotions evolve out of fear.
Positive emotions evolve out of faith.
Every emotion results in an attitude. An atti-
tude is a state of mind that produces a reaction in
the body and a resultant behavior. Examples of
faith-based emotions are: love, joy, peace, happi-
ness, kindness, gentleness, self –control, forgive-
ness and patience. These produce good atti-
tudes.
Fear automatically puts the body into
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stress mode and reaction. Examples of the fear-
based emotions are hate, worry, anxiety, anger, Negative
emotions
hostility, rage, ill-will, resentment, frustration,
impatience and irritation. These produce toxic
attitudes which produce toxic responses in the
evolve out
body. of fear.
We know from the Word of God that the
mind is a battleground, with ongoing conflict between toxic thoughts
and good thoughts, thoughts that serve your mental and physical
health. (Romans 12:2). Positive confession of God’s Word is the begin-
ning of changing your thought processes to detox your brain.
Your emotions are literally cellular signals that translate informa-
tion into a physical reality. This happens because the billions of cells in
your body are covered with receptors, little receivers on the cell mem-
brane. Since emotions are cellular signals involved in the process of
translating information into a physical reality, you need to control them
because of the impact they can and do have your body and mind.
When you think toxic thoughts, your immune system can turn on
you and harm your heart. Your immune system secrets a chemical that
control plaque formation so it does not threaten your health, when your
emotions are toxic, you increase plaque formation in the arteries of your
heart, increasing the possibility of having heart problems.
Hosea 4:6 says that we are destroyed because of the lack of
knowledge, so if you don’t know these things it would be diffi-
cult to do something about them. Most of the time, you may
not be aware of the toxic waste building up in the complex
system that run your physical
body.
We must learn how to
control our thoughts, when
your thoughts go wrong, your
emotions rule; to overcome that,
you must learn to rule your emo-
tion with wisdom and rational
thinking (Proverbs 4:7, Proverbs
23:7).
Postive Consciously
controlling your
emotions thoughts is not
evolve out just the first step
of faith. in maintaining a
positive thought
life but, it’s the
main step. Good thoughts are like beauti-
ful, lush and healthy green trees, while
negative thoughts are like ugly, mangled,
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snarling thorn trees.

When you think The words you speak are electro-
toxic thoughts, magnetic life forces that come from a
your immune thought inside the brain and are influ-
enced by your five senses; this is why we
system can turn must be very careful of what words we
on you … use.
We can frame our world with the
words that we speak, a person that
knows the power of words become very careful of his conversation.
By using the right words you start unseen forces to work on your
behalf. Whatever you speak about you begin to attract. People who
continually speak of disease invariably attract it.
We must learn to direct or harness our words. We can see how
Edison learned how to harness and direct electricity, he had faith in the
laws of electricity and knew what it could do when harnessed and
directed. Now this power lights the world. Change your words and
you change your world.
In conclusion, we must make a commitment to walk in love—that
is the international choice to love others no matter what. Begin to
laugh more and enjoy life, it releases an instant flood of feel-good med-
icine. In fact, according to research, laughing 100 to 200 times a day is
equal to 10 minutes of rowing or jogging.—EIF

Proverbs 6:2, 17:22, 18:21, Isaiah 55:11, Matthew 12:34-37, Philippians 4:8 “The mind-Body Prescription-Sarno, J
References: Who switch off MY BRAIN? Dr. Caroline Leaf
Think Yourself Rich- Joseph Murphy, Ph. D., DD Herbalist Horace Evans, Body Knowledge
Mind-Body-spirit connection” that Can Heal or Destroy You-Nashville

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Apostle Price In
Ministering Abroad

AFRICA
By Adrian Evans

Apostle Fred Price, Dr.

Betty Price and a staff of 6,
traveled to Africa with stops
in Tanzania, Namibia,
Johannesburg, Cape Town
and Ghana beginning
January 24th, 2010.

Tanzania welcome method was

Apostle
Price’s first
time teach-
ing was in
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
When we left the hotel, we
were led by police escort,
confirmed by our driver as serv-
ice reserved for heads of state and VIP’s only.
Literally all vehicles on the right and left side of
the street including pedestrians pulled over to
the side and stayed there until our last vehicle
was clear. I couldn’t help but think at the time,
that’s the way Apostle Price should be treated.
When we arrived at Efatha Ministries,
Apostle and Dr. Betty were met with great
excitement from both Apostle and first lady
Mwingira. You could tell immediately that
Apostle’s ministry has touched their lives in an
extraordinary way and as we walked into the
sanctuary, the entire crowd did a consistent
(1,2,3) clap until Apostle was seated and this
repeated each time he
entered the room.
He spoke on “What Faith Is” and
delivered it with the same ease, poise and
passion he has in his own pulpit. Throughout
his message, I purposely looked around the
sanctuary to witness peoples’ reactions and
they were 100% fixated on him, so much so, you
could hear a pin drop.
On his last day in Tanzania, the people
came in droves to hear Apostle. When he
opened the floor up for questions and answers
hands went up throughout the sanctuary. We
heard testimony after testimony from people
who have been watching Apostle for years, and
still couldn’t believe that he was
there, live and in person.
Namibia
Namibia is home to
Crenshaw Christian
Center Global Ministries,
pastored by Jack and Wanda Wilkins. During
Sunday morning worship service in Namibia,
Apostle ministered to a crowd of roughly
1,3000—hunger isn’t even the word to describe
their response to him. Apostle is very big on
receiving feedback from a crowd, which he had
no problem with in Namibia, because they
were excited, receptive and eager to learn
about faith, like only Apostle can deliver it! For
lunch, we dined at the home of the honorable
Theo-Ben Gurirab, who has been the Speaker
of the National Assembly of Namibia since
2005. He and his lovely wife Joan were gener-
ous hosts to our entire team and the board
members of CCCGM.
Dr. Betty and Mrs. Angela Evans spoke
at different times to the women of CCCGM
during their women’s only meetings. Dr. Betty
spoke on Faith to live in the Spirit, and Mrs.
Evans spoke on Avoiding the Sex Trap; both
messages were met with rave reviews!
In a shanty community named Katutura,
CCCGM built a small school for children who
are residents, and would have otherwise been

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unable to receive proper education, since no schools have been estab-
lished there. One of the CCCGM members, Ms. Veronica, is the
superintendent of the school. The classroom was the size of a public
restroom, maybe even smaller, but the children were extremely delight-
ful and you couldn’t tell by looking at their faces, they were living
amongst such poverty.
Before our departure from Namibia, a group of us visited the base
where Pastor Jack and first lady Wanda are stationed; the base also
serves as home to the "Angela M. Evans Training Center" and office of
CCCGM.
Johannesburg
We arrived in Johannesburg on Wednesday
February 3rd. Large parts of South Africa were
preparing for the World Cup 2010 so the airport,
certain streets, hotels, freeways, etc., were being
heavily renovated. Johannesburg boasts world-class
transport, telecommunications, tourism and a people
renowned for their hospitality.
Wednesday evening, Apostle Price spoke as guest speaker at the
MTI graduation of Dr. Theo Wolmarans, whose church is Christian
Family Church International. There were roughly 1,000 graduates in
attendance, all of whom shook Apostle Price’s and Pastor Wolmarans’
hand. The students were so excited to be graduating and just as excit-
ed to be in the presence of Apostle Price, who delivered a powerful
message on Faith. It was exciting to hear the oooohs and ahhhhhs of
students equipped with fresh knowledge and understanding.
Thursday morning, Apostle Price, Dr. Betty and our entourage
were caravanned to one of the Apostle’s sons in ministry, Reverend
Jones Xola Nzo of Change Bible Church. I can’t describe in words
how excited Reverend Nzo was to have Apostle Price at his church,
but if you can imagine a little kid on Christmas morning, you got the
picture! Apostle Price kept with his teaching on “What Faith Is” for a
group of diehard, pastors, preachers, ministers, apostles, bishops and
anyone else who desired to attend. Even in the heat and a temporary
power outage, Apostle Price once again maintained the same enthusi-
asm and energy he has in his own pulpit.
Thursday evening, Apostle Price returned to Reverend Nzo’s
church for his final meeting, and the church was packed, there wasn’t
an empty seat to be found. It’s astonishing to me that my grandfather
has touched the lives of people he’s never even met. We heard countless
stories of people who have been watching him for years and never imag-
ined they’d be able to sit in front of him live and in person, ministering
under the anointing!
Angela Evans speaking at the Women’s Only Meeting in Namibia. Adrian, Mrs. Evans, Dr. Betty, Janine Bagg and daughter Brittany in Johannesburg.
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Cape Town
Saturday, February 7th, we arrived in the
beautiful Cape Town. Flying over the city was
unbelievably breathtaking, with views of the historic
Table Mountain and the tip of the Peninsula that is
Cape Town, with a magnitude of ocean white caps and beautifully
structured buildings.
Saturday evening, Sunday Morning and Sunday evening, Apostle
Price spoke at The Bay Christian Family Church founded by Pastor
Allan and First Lady Jenine Bagg, in Somerset. “The Bay’s” praise and
worship ensemble was phenomenal and sang one of Apostle’s favorite
songs, “Here I Am To Worship” in beautiful harmony. Their praise and
worship leader happens to be Raymond Cilliers, a well-known Gospel
artist in South Africa.
Ghana
Ghana is home to missionaries Ray and
Jocelyn Johnson, who have built a remarkable
school in the heart of Ghana that offers classes
catering to graphic design, fashion design, various
art forms, general education and of course the most
important component—the Word.
Ghana is also home to Bishop Dag Heward-Mills of Lighthouse
Chapel International, a new and delighted son in ministry of Apostle
and Dr. Betty Price. Let me be the first to tell you that I’ve never seen
a congregation this excited before in my life. The members gave
Apostle Price a roaring applause as he entered the chapel and the aptly
appropriate first word out of his mouth when he had the microphone
was, “wow”, and believe me, you would’ve said the same thing. The
chapel itself is an architectural beauty in the heart of Accra, Ghana,
with several locations around the world. Bishop Dag gave a humorous
and heartfelt testimony of how Apostle’s ministry has blessed him over
the years and how Apostle’s TV messages served as the catalyst for a
number of Pastor Dag’s studies and teachings.
Upon my return home, I received a lot of questions of what I
thought of Africa and my response remains that Africa is an experience.
I was mesmerized by many of the things I observed including the peo-
ple, the lifestyle, the culture and the splendid scenery; it is unlike any-
thing you’ll ever encounter anywhere else in the world. I can truly say
that visiting Africa is a life changing experience. I will forever cherish
my time spent, and am excited about the chance to return. Should you
ever have the opportunity to visit the motherland, I encourage you to
do so!—EIF
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the word of faith
What’s On
Your Mind?
Y
our mind—the way you think—
has a lot to do with the quality of
your life. Proverbs 23:7 says:
For as he thinks in his heart so is
he. What you keep your mind on will
determine whether you will be at peace or
whether you will be full of anxiety in this
troubled world.
Philippians 4:6-8 tells us:
Be anxious for nothing, but in every-
thing by prayer and supplication, with
thanksgiving let your requests be made
known to God, [If you do what this verse
says, then the next verse will come into
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play.] And the peace of God, which sur-
passes all understanding, will guard your
hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
[And the way you keep from being anx-
ious for nothing is by doing what verse 8
says.] Finally, brethren, whatever things
are true, whatever things are noble, what-
ever things are just, whatever things are
pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever
things are of good report, if there is any
virtue and if there is anything praisewor-
thy – meditate [constantly think] on these
things.
BUT BE
TRANSFORMED
BY THE
RENEWING OF
YOUR MIND.
—Romans 12:2
So, what are you thinking about?
The word think means “to consider,
reflect, reason and ponder.” What we
think is what we become. Where we have
kept our minds is where we are. Our
thoughts shape our behavior. In other
words, what we do is what we think.
William Barkley, a Christian writer, says:
“It is a law of life that if a man thinks on
something often enough and long
enough, he will come to the stage when
he cannot stop thinking about it. His
thoughts will be quite literally in a groove
out of which he cannot jerk them.” How
many people have gotten into bad situa-
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Are you thinking:
1 about the flesh and its
lusts? Are you thinking about gratify-
ing the flesh through such things as
pride, self, greed, pleasure, sex,
angry exchanges, jealousies, envies,
desires, and negative attitudes?
2
about the lusts of the eyes
through such things as immoral
pornographic filth flaunted in maga-
zines, films, books, television, and
clothes that reveal too much of the
body in a vulgar way?
3
about the desire for recogni-
tion, honor, position, and power? It is
okay to want to be recognized, but
not to the extent that you will do any-
thing for recognition, to the extent of
committing a sin or hurting someone
in to get what you want.
A mind fixated on the world sys-
tem and the flesh is what leads to
anxiety, worry, emptiness, and rest-
lessness.
This devotional was excerpted from Dr. Betty’s book entitled, Wisdom From Above, Volume 1. Please contact us at www.faithdome.org or
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WHAT WE THINK IS
WHAT WE BECOME
tions because they just kept thinking and God. You have to understand that the
thinking and thinking about it until they body always wants to gratify the flesh.
found themselves in a mess. What are you You have to train the body, make it do
thinking about? Are you thinking right- what your spirit wants, kill it, sacrifice it.
eous or unrighteous thoughts? And sacrifice is not fun, but it is the joy of
the Lord you want.
Colossians 3:1-2 tells us:
Ephesians 4:21-24 tells us to be
If then you were raised with Christ,
renewed in the spirit of our mind. It is our
seek those things which are above, where
Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. responsibility to do something about our
Set your mind on things above, not on minds. Once a person has been converted
and becomes a new man, he is to focus his
things on the earth.
thoughts on God, as well as the good
things of life. We, as Believers, should
Setting your mind on things above
never dwell on immoral, fleshly, worldly,
means setting your mind on the things of
God, and you find out about the things of
God from His Word. You have to take
control of your mind and make it do what NEVER DWELL
it should do by a determination of your ON IMMORAL,
will. Your will is in the mind area.
FLESHLY, WORLDLY,
Romans 12:1-2 tells us what to do
with our minds and with our flesh.
SELFISH, SINFUL
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by OR EVIL
the mercies of God, that you present your
THOUGHTS.
body a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to
God which is your reasonable service.
selfish, sinful or evil thoughts. Sinful and
And do not be conformed to this
world, but be transformed by the renew- negative thoughts disrupt and destroy our
ing of your mind, that you may prove what peace. The mind always goes down to the
is that good, and acceptable and perfect level of the flesh, but we have to control it
will of God. because we live in the flesh and that is the
thing we gravitate to. And that is why we
I know we can renew our minds, but need to operate in the Word of God in
we have to be forever thinking about God order to control our thinking, which will
and His great love for mankind. Because control our flesh. —EIF
if you don’t, you will think more in line
with the world than with the things of
WE HAVE TO
BE FOREVER
THINKING
ABOUT GOD
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Worship…
Our Reasonable Service
H.
E.L.P.S. is often defined by the
acronym, Having Enough Loving
People Serving. As such the
emphasis is usually placed on the
words Enough and/or Loving. Both words
play equally significant roles in the whole
Worship experience. However, we will focus
on the word Service.
In the mid 1980’s, a small airline company
called People’s Express began focusing on
getting customers to their destinations faster,
for less. They decided that Americans wanted
fewer perks and lower costs. They made the
airline ticket purchase process similar to that
of buying a Greyhound bus ticket. If you
wanted snacks and a soft drink on the flight,
it would cost you extra. The planes were
smaller and the seats similar to those on a
chartered bus. In other words, “just the bare
necessities”-style, expeditious travel took the
place of service, convenience and luxury.
The only problem was that the airline did
not properly assess the core of what the
American public really wanted (and still
do)….SERVICE! Their misconception cost
them their business and they eventually filed
Chapter 11 bankruptcy. You see, we can toler-
ate fast food and drive-thru shortcuts in some
things. But when it comes to most things, we
will not skimp on service. Now, if the world
has that much sense, surely we, the Church
“He who is faithful in what
is least is faithful also in
much.”
should as well. People coming into our
church deserve to be served and treated to the
best possible worship experience! If they
were the Queen of Sheba, their very breath
should be taken away by the sheer execution
of our service! But because God is a God of
divine order, this experience first starts with
recognizing the spiritual authority Jesus has
set in the Church. We only qualify ourselves
to serve Him by our willingness to serve oth-
ers. Jesus is our model.
“We must be willing to unashamedly and
fervently serve the ministry gift of the pastor
or whoever the overseer or visionary is.”
Make no mistake, this is not a step that we
can skip. Are you finding yourself defeated in
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Music and Worship Arts Coordinator
Crenshaw Christian Church
“We must be willing
to unashamedly and
fervently serve”
your ministry effectiveness? Do you feel like
you are going around in circles, having no
impact or consistent anointing? Check your
service!
God will not violate His spiritual law of
stewardship St. Luke 16:10-13 says . “He who
is faithful in what is least is faithful also in
much; and he who is unjust in what is least is
unjust also in much. Therefore if you have
not been faithful in the unrighteous mam-
mon, who will commit to your trust the true
riches? And if you have not been faithful in
what is another man’s, who will give you what
is your own?
“No servant can serve two masters; for
either he will hate the one and love the other,
“No servant can serve
two masters.”
or else he will be loyal to the one and despise
the other. You cannot serve God and mam-
mon.”
I’ve heard it said, “A lesson not learned
must be repeated.” Many times, helps work-
ers or parishioners are frustrated in ministry
because they are trying to serve God in spite
of their service to others (Or the lack thereof).
Sorry friend…it can’t be done. Until you walk
obediently, humbly and genuinely in worship
under your pastoral covering without malice
or jealousy, you can never see the fullness of
what God wants to do in the House.
“Service is not a Four Letter Word!”
Many of us, especially the races of us who
have had to deal with the tyranny of slavery in
the annals of our fore parents’ history, often
have a problem with this area. Whenever I
teach in the arena of service mindedness, I
can see people balk in the spirit. It’s not until
I make the following statement that I see
them breathe a sigh of relief: There is a differ-
ence between service and servitude. For sup-
“For I cam down from
heaven not to do mine own
will, but the will of Him
that sent Me.”
—(John 6:38)
port of this statement, let’s go to the dictio-
nary’s definition for both words. Service is
defined as: Employment in duties or work for
another. Servitude is defined as: Submission
to a master; forced labor imposed as a punish-
ment.
Do you see the difference? Service means
employing. Employing means wages! Wages
means compensation! Hallelujah, there is a
benefit in service! We may not get compen-
sated in terms of money all the time (although
I believe in blessing God’s ministers). But we
can rest assured that our heavenly timecard
will account for our deeds done. It is a slap in
the face of God to serve mammon (secular
employment, volunteer organizations, etc.)
with vigor, excitement, willingness and
enthusiasm, yet sigh and complain when
asked to do anything in God’s House. Jesus is
our example: For I came down from heaven,
not to do mine own will, but the will of Him
that sent Me” (John 6:38). Does serving
someone else in ministry excite you? It
should. It’s our reasonable service! —EIF
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Q&A with Drs. Fred and Betty Price

How do I build up my faith to believe for prosperity in my life?

Betty and I have been pros- Verse 6, “But this I say, he

perous over the years and it wasn’t
an accident. It was diligence to fol-
low protocol. Second Corinthians
9:6, “But this I say, he who sows
sparingly will also reap sparingly.”
Now it is not written in there, but
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who sows sparingly will reap also
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