The Crenshaw Christian Center is a

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based in

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. It has around 28,000 members.

History

The church was founded in 1973 by

Frederick K. C. Price Frederick K. C. Price (January 3, 1932 – February 12, 2021) was an American televangelist and author who was the founder and apostle of Crenshaw Christian Center (CCC), located in South Los Angeles, California. He was known for his ''Ever Incr ...

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. In 1981, the church bought the old

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campus in

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. After the purchase, Price oversaw construction of a new sanctuary, called the "FaithDome", which at the time was the largest domed church in the United States. In 1989, the building is inaugurated with 10,145 seats. The church had greatly expanded from the time of its previous location at 9550 Crenshaw Boulevard in

, but still required three services for its growing congregation until the building of the FaithDome. In 2007 Frederick K.C. Price, who was then pastor, filed a defamation suit after the ABC television network aired a segment of their ''

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'' investigative journalism program about certain of the largest, well-known Christian ministries in the U.S. Titled "Enough!", it was about how these ministries appeared to be misspending their congregants' tithes and offerings. It illustrated that Price was one of the ministers who had become overly wealthy as a result of misusing his congregants' monies. To this end, the program broadcast a portion of a Sunday service at Crenshaw Christian Center in which Price, casting himself as a fictional character for the sake of illustration, made statements from his character's point of view about having great riches. ''20/20'' failed to state the context of those statements, thus allowing them to appear to be statements being made directly by Price himself. ABC later apologized on air and in writing. In 2009, Fred K. Price, Jr. became the senior pastor. In June 2017, Fred K. Price, Jr. stepped down after eight years as leader of the church, apologizing for "serious personal misjudgments which have affected my life and my family".The church did not disclose the concrete nature of these missteps, and stated that Fred K. Price, Jr. would re-take its leadership. He returned to his duties in July 2018. In 2018, the church had 28,000 faithful. Leonardo Blair
Pastor Fred Price Jr. Returns to Pulpit, Says He Is 'No Longer Sleeping in the Valley of the Shadow of Death'
christianpost.com, USA, July 2, 2018

References

External links

Crenshaw Christian Center official website

Crenshaw Christian Center East official website
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History

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