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Prosperity comes in many different forms. There is social prosperity If you

and mental prosperity, and there is professional prosperity, when God
blesses the work you are doing on your job. Once you marry, you can also
are not a
experience marital prosperity. There is parental prosperity in terms of rais- Christian
ing your children, and physical prosperity in terms of your health. No
Christian has a problem with any of these ways through which God can
and
prosper us. No minister, theologian, or church denomination will tell you would
that any of these areas of prosperity are bad, or of the devil. like to
When it comes to financial and
material prosperity, however, that is become one,
an entirely different ballgame. When pray the
“Prosperity you begin to talk about those two
forms of prosperity, you become a tar-
following
comes in get. All the worms come out of the
woodwork, and you might even have
prayer:
many some people talk about you. But I
know the true reason these attacks
different come. Satan knows that if he can keep

forms.” Christians poor, he can hinder the

proclamation of the gospel. And he
Dear GOD in Heaven,

has done a good job of keeping Thank you for sending Your
Christians poor up to the present time. Son JESUS CHRIST to destroy
It costs money to proclaim the the power of Satan over my life. I
gospel. It costs money to build or rent a church building, to provide a pas- accept Jesus now as my personal
SAVIOR and LORD, and I
tor for a congregation, to equip a church sanctuary. Christians need an
choose to turn away from the sins
environment in which they can hear the Word, fellowship with one anoth- of my past to a renewed Life in
er, and grow in the knowledge of God. It costs money to send missionar- Jesus.
ies to a place where no one has ever gone before with the gospel.
Satan knows that if he can keep us poor, keep us barely making it, You said that if I would confess
keep us struggling to provide for our own individual households, then we with my mouth the LORD
will have limited resources to give to the Church. By our poverty, he can JESUS and believe in my heart
that You raised Him from the
prevent us from sending out those who need to carry the message of Jesus dead, that I would be saved. I
Christ to others. It’s a conspiracy! A person cannot give what believe JESUS died for my sins
he or she does not have, especially when the person does and that You raised Him from the
not know how to get it. dead for my benefit.
The bottom line is, no matter what medium a
person uses, spreading the gospel quickly boils down HEAVENLY FATHER, I
thank you for the gift of salvation
to dollars and cents. Therefore, if anyone ought to be
and for accepting me now as Your
sympathetic to the idea of material and financial pros- child.
perity, it ought to be Christians. We need to know
how to operate in God’s financial plan. As we prosper In JESUS’ name, Amen.
financially, God prospers in terms of our relationship to
Him. If we are poor, God is poor by our poverty.
If you have prayed this prayer,
please let us know by writing
to us at:
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Ever Increasing Faith Magazine
WINTER 2008

Winter 2008
Vol. IV, No. 1

Editor
Antracia Moorings

Publications Coordinator
Michelle McIntosh

Columnists
Pastor Frederick K. Price Jr.
Dr. LaVerne Tolbert

Contributing Writers
Bishop I.V. Hilliard
Kerri Webb
Brian Williford
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Art Design
Lorena Iñiguez

EIF Graphics Designer

Ardena Brooks

Photographers
Harry Langdon
James Byndon

Proofer
Charles Rideaux 14 16 20 24
Make Up
Adrian M. Evans
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Israel to learn the role that
this nation plays in God’s
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Editorial Offices The Purpose of Prosperity divine plan. Read one Islam, Christianity:
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the journey opened his eyes.
There is a purpose for pros-
E-mail: perity, and it is not for you to In this groundbreaking
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squander by living the big 16 HEALTH & HEALING teaching, “Race, Religion &
life. In this excerpt from his Racism,” Dr. Price did a
www.faithdome.or g How I Overcame Cancer
new book, Dr. Price explains By Dr. Betty R. Price “comparative analysis” of
To order from or God’s divine design for Islam after noticing that a
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and faith helped her beat this article.
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contributors
Bishop Ira V. Hilliard but in September 2007 it was honored as Brian Williford gave
was called at the age one of the top 50 most influential churches in his life fully to Christ in
of nine to preach America. January 2006 and
God’s Word. He and hasn’t looked back
his wife Bridget are the Kerri Webb, the former since. At Crenshaw
co-founders of the Senior Writer for Ever Christian Center, he is
New Light Christian Increasing Faith a faithful Helps
Center Church (“One Magazine, has been a Ministry worker, volun-
Church, Multiple loca- member of Crenshaw teering for the Teen
tions”) in North and Christian Center for 28 Ministry and heading
South Houston; Beaumont and Austin, Texas years. A graduate of up the ministry God gave him, the Prozpect
and the most recently acquired East Houston the University of Street Team. He is currently a senior history
Campus (formerly Lakewood Church - California, Santa major at Loyola Marymount University and
Northeast Campus). Their passion to take Barbara, she is current- strives daily to be more like Christ and glorify
God’s Word to a hurting and lost generation ly the media spokeswoman for the Los God in all that he does.
has resulted in a current church membership of Angeles Sheriff’s Department, and is a mem-
over 28,000 and counting. New Light ber of the Public Relations Society of America
Christian Center Church is not only recog- and the National Association of Black
nized around the country as a Mega-Church, Journalists.

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God is wealthy.
He wants you to prosper.
By following His simple
rules, you will prosper.
But for what reason?
To what purpose?
T
here is a purpose for prosperity, and it is not
for you to squander by living the big life.
God’s purposes are explained in John
6:38–40, where Jesus says:
For I have come down from
heaven, not to do My own will, but
the will of Him who sent Me. This is the will of
the Father who sent Me, that of all He has
given Me I should lose nothing, but should
raise it up at the last day. And this is the will of
Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the
Son and believes in Him may have everlasting
life; and I will raise him up on the last day.
According to this, God wills that everyone come into the
knowledge of His Son Jesus Christ and receive Him so they can
be saved. In that way, the relationship God had with man before
the fall of Adam can be re-established.
We see again in Jesus’ encounter with Zacchaeus:
Then Jesus entered and passed through
Jericho. Now behold, there was a man
named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collec-
tor, and he was rich. And he sought to see
who Jesus was, but could not because of the
crowd, for he was of short stature. So he ran
ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to
see Him, for He was going to pass that way.
And when Jesus came to the place, He
looked up and saw him, and said to him,
“Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for
today I must stay at your house.” So he made
haste and came down, and received Him joy-
fully. But when they saw it, they all com-
plained, saying, “He has gone to be a guest
with a man who is a sinner.” Then Zacchaeus
stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I
give half of my goods to the poor; and if I
have taken anything from anyone by false
accusation, I restore fourfold.” And Jesus
said to him, “Today salvation has come to
this house, because he also is a son of
Abraham; for the Son of Man has come to
seek and to save that which was lost.”
—LUKE 19:1–10
There is the will of God in a nutshell: “to seek and save that
which was lost” (v. 10).
And did you notice the different attitudes in Zacchaeus and
the rich young ruler we saw earlier? They were both rich. They
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They were wealthy because they were
sons of Abraham and had tithed and
been obedient.
were wealthy because they were sons of Abraham and had tithed
and been obedient. But when faced with the Son of God, their
responses were 180 degrees opposite. The rich young ruler went
away sad because he didn’t want to give away his possessions.
Look at Zacchaeus—he didn’t even wait for Jesus to say any-
thing, nor did he even ask about salvation! He said, “Look, Lord,
I give half my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything
from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold” (v. 8). Being
a tax collector, there were almost certainly some questionable sit-
uations that arose, and since Zacchaeus worked for the Romans
(as did Matthew), he likely resolved most of those disputes in
favor of the government.
Zacchaeus got the point, without even being told. The honor
of having the Son of God grace his house for dinner—you can
imagine poor old Mrs. Zacchaeus was in a frenzy, cleaning and
getting out the good dishes!—so humbled him that his first
thought was, “I need to help other people,” and his second
thought was, “If I’ve wronged someone, I need to make it right.”
His heart was in the right place. He rightly understood that if
things were going to get done in this world, it would be through
the hands of man.
When Jesus was ready to go back to heaven, He said to His
disciples, and ultimately to all of us who would come into the
“If I’ve wronged somenone, I need to
make it right” [Zacchaeus thought].
His heart was in the right place.
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body of Christ and become His disciples, “Go into all the world
and preach the gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15). He didn’t
say, “Build a church and wait for the world to come to you.” No,
He said for us to go into the world. Jesus told Peter in Matthew
16:18, “And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock
I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail
against it.” Notice that Jesus did not say that it was the church
that had “gates,” but rather Hades. It was clearly a reference to a
movement that was on offense, and that not even the “gates,” or
strongholds, of hell would prevail against us.
“Seek first the kingdom of God.”
—Matthew 6:33
Most Christians have the erroneous notion that the local
church is for getting people saved. No! The local church is for
the purpose of shepherding the “sheep” and the “lambs” to grow
them up so they can seek the lost. Many Christians have made
prosperity totally about themselves. They have better clothes,
newer cars, more electronic toys, and bigger houses. But that
prosperity exists for a reason: “to seek and to save that which was
lost” (Luke 19:10). Prosperity exists to “go into all the world and
preach the gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15). When Jesus
said in Matthew 6:33 to “seek first the kingdom of God,” He did-
n’t say “seek only” the kingdom. But if you seek God’s kingdom
first, your prosperity will always be directed toward the right
end. —EIF
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W
hat has amazed me over the years is that while some
experience the real promises of kingdom prosperity
there are countless others who don’t. Could it be that
there are some insights; secrets that some have about
the pursuit of this quality of life that others are unaware
of? I think so!
With all the teaching that has been done on kingdom prosperity you
would think that more Believers would be experiencing it. Real king-
dom prosperity is not exclusively about money, but about wholeness and
fulfillment in life. It cannot be disputed that
the Bible is filled with undeniable
references to God’s desire for
the Believer’s life to be one of
ecrets of the
Prosperous Life
By Bishop I.V. Hlliard
enjoyment, fulfillment, prosperity and
abundance. Without a doubt it is the will of God that we experience a
better quality of life in Christ than life was before we came into His
covenant family.
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou
shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do
according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way
prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Joshua 1:8 (KJV)
If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity,
and their years in pleasures. Job 36:11(KJV)
The thief cometh not,
but for to steal, and to kill,
and to destroy: I am come
that they might have life, and
that they might have it more
abundantly. John 10:10 (KJV)
What an awesome witness
of scripture which testifies that
our Heavenly Father’s passionate
desire is to give us a better life!
The Bible teaches that God’s will
regarding prosperity includes the
whole man – Body, Soul and
Spirit. He desires for us to pros-
per in all things, financially, physi-
cally, emotionally, and spiritually.
The will of God is not auto-
matic, but the promises of God
are received by faith. When I
understood this truth about our
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covenant relationship with the Lord I began to focus on learning how to
release my faith for kingdom prosperity. How blessed my wife and I
were to have a front row seat into the lives of Drs. Price. An old preach-
er told me long ago that more is caught than is taught. From our study
of the word of God and the observation of these two precious people of
faith we have learned many amazing lessons on this journey of faith that
have caused us to have a balanced pursuit of kingdom prosperity.
I must admit there are some factors (secrets) about faith for king-
dom prosperity that many are not aware of that are critical for success. I
say, “secrets” not to imply that God is attempting to withhold something
from us, but that there are scriptural truths many don’t value that can
determine the quality of your life in Christ. I am convinced that prosper-
ity is the Believer’s responsibility; it is based on his decision to seek God’s
way of doing things (his princi-
ples) and implement them in
his life. Believers must under-
stand that God wants us to
prosper so that we can be a
blessing to do the good work
of God in the earth.
Cultivating a consecrated
heart motive to be a blessing is
what keeps character in place
when success begins to mani-
fest.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good
works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2:10 (KJV)
Regardless of your present state in life it is still the will of God for
you to succeed. God is not a respecter of persons, what He does for one
in principle He must do for another. When my wife and I first embraced
living by faith, our needs had needs. Every area of our lives was in bad
shape, but through following a contemporary example and through faith
and patience we are experiencing real kingdom prosperity.
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the
victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. 1 John 5:4
Today, I have everything I could ever dream of and God has pro-
moted me to a place of influence and blessing. God has done exceeding,
abundantly above all I could ever ask or think. I could not have asked for
a “better life.” And the one thing that is so heartwarming about my good
success is the many avenues God has given me to share with others on
living the life He desires for them.
I am excited to say that my book, Secrets for a Better Life, is my
most recent opportunity to share with the Believer the success principles
I learned from my years of studying the Word coupled with my commit-
ment to pursue God’s best. It reveals those things that are rarely taught
but are essential to really experiencing the better life. If you have been
struggling in your pursuit of better in life I know this book will help you.
It addresses my personal strategy for developing successful action plans
for life’s most trying situations. And more importantly, I want those who
have been written off or considered as the least likely to succeed to know
from my book that they can break through these barriers for a better life.
—EIF
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 you are helping to make it happen
I
n July of 2007, I was part of a three-week trip to Israel sponsored
by Crenshaw Christian Center that totally affected the way I see
our place in the Body of Christ. The trip, geared towards
Christian college students all around the U.S. was formed to
educate the next generation about the conflicts going on in Israel
and what God’s purpose is for that nation.
We traveled to Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Caesarea,
Philippi, Capernaum, En Gedi, Masada, Tel Aviv, Sderot, Galilee, the
Negev desert, the Dead Sea, the Golan Heights, and we even over-
looked the Gaza strip. We were able to sit down with Knesset mem-
bers, Messianic Jews, media personnel, Arab Christians, Israeli citizens,
the Hebrew University board and a host of other people. We had tours,
heard lectures, hiked, and had periods of great fun. Some of the most
memorable experiences were hiking up Masada at four o’clock in the
morning and taking dips in the Sea of Galilee.
Experiencing
ISRAEL
By Brian Williford
The number one thing we have come to realize is how much the
Jews are still a part of God’s plan and purpose. Many in the Western
church believe that the Jews have missed their opportunity, and that
God has replaced them with the Christian Church. This is known in
evangelical circles as “replacement theology.” Many believe that the Old
Testament prophecies are referring to the Christian Church as “Israel.”
But we have come to the realization that there is still a “natural Israel”
and a “spiritual Israel,” and the Old Testament prophecies are referring
to “natural Israel.”
The trip to Israel, which included about 20 students ages 18-29, was
very timely and according to the divine purposes of God. One of the rea-
sons that the Israel Experience was created was to educate young
Christians on the reality of the conflicts going on in Israel and the part
the Body of Christ is to play.
Much of the suffering of the Jews has been at the hands of so-called
Christians. Whether we like it or not, the fact that
we claim to be Christians links us with the whole
Williford (far right) with Jeroll Rogers and Cornetta
Lane who also attended the trip.
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ugly history of Christianity in the minds of the Jews. From the
Crusades, to the Spanish Inquisition, to the Holocaust, much of the
destruction and death of Jews has been done in the name of Christ.
This has caused a fear of Christians among most Jews and has caused
them to feel that they are only accepted in their own home. But even in
their own home they are under constant threat. The Body of Christ is
held responsible in the eyes of the Lord to be protectors of Jews and
Israel. Not only are we indebted to them for all the suffering we have
caused them, but we are also called to make sure that another holocaust
does not occur.
In Isaiah 62:6-7, God says, “I have set watchmen on your walls, O
Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day or night. You who make
mention of the Lord, do not keep silent, and give Him no rest till He
establishes and till He makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.” We are
called to be the watchmen on the walls who do not hold our peace. We
are those who make mention of the Lord. There are no other people on
earth who this could be referring to beside the Body of Christ. A new
holocaust is on the horizon and the Arab world leadership is out to
destroy both Israel and the Jews. Iran is developing nuclear weapons as
we speak, and, in addition to constant intercession, we are the ones who
are supposed to be standing up politically and otherwise for Israel to
make sure no one is able to destroy God’s chosen people.
The Palestinian Authority has cleverly turned much of the world
against Israel in effort to make them appear as evil. They have used
ideals that the Western world holds dear against Israel. In the West we
revere such notions as democracy, freedom, and anti-racism. The
Palestinian leadership has constantly charged Israel with violating these
ideals when it comes to the treatment of the Palestinian people. They
claim that Zionist Jews “occupied” Palestine and that Palestinians are
now living in an apartheid state. The campaign has been so effective
that Israel now sees much of the Western media as being biased
towards the Palestinian side, and Israel has now become “the bad guy.”
After being in Israel and witnessing what is going on there, we have
found that it is actually the other way around. Palestinians militants
constantly bomb, terrorize, and misuse Israeli citizens. Their politicians
actually serve in the Israeli Knesset, where they use every opportunity to
denounce Israel. Many Palestinians teach their children to be suicide
bombers and to hate and kill all Jews.
Though the Western world, by and large, has a culture that rests on
ideals, the Eastern world looks to religion. While the Palestinians lead-
ership is playing the “democracy card” to the Western world, they are
playing the “Allah wills” card to their own people. The Arab world, with
its great oil wealth, could and should be helping to solve the situation of
Palestinian refugees, but they find it more politically profitable to keep
them as an open sore to appeal to the West, blaming Israel for their
plight.
We owe a dept of gratitude to the Jews, as
Paul says in Romans 3:2, “…because to them were
On a camel in the Negev Desert.
committed the oracles of God.” It is easy for us to say the Jews missed
out and that we would have done differently in their place, but the Bible
says, “There is none righteous, no not one.” When God was searching
the whole earth for one people who He could commit His oracles to,
He only found Abraham. He made a covenant that cannot be broken
with Abraham concerning his descendants. The Jews sinned because
they knew sin. When Jesus came in the flesh, no Gentile even knew
what sin was because we had no law. Had we had the law, we would
have missed God too. In Romans 11:11 Paul writes, “…But through their
fall, to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles.”
The point we are trying to make is that Israel became the scapegoat by
which the whole world would be saved. They became sinners so that
we could know the Messiah. No one else in the world took on that chal-
lenge. Now it is our turn to return that favor. It is not our job to try to
convert them. In fact, that is one of the fears that they have of us. God
will handle that part. Our job is to acknowledge that we serve the same
God and that we have one common enemy. If Christians do not stand
for Israel, then who will?
One thing that the Western church has failed to acknowledge is
that we have a Jewish joint-heir and the basis of our beliefs is an exten-
sion of Judaism. We say we acknowledge that Jesus was a Jew, but to
fully acknowledge it we have to go back to the root. Judaism is the root!
Being in Israel and studying Judaism and the early church, we have real-
ized that the Western church has missed the mark in a big way. Why?
The fact is that we are trying to interpret the Bible and its principles
from our thoroughly Western perspective. The early
church leaders were Jews and they recognized the roots
of Christianity were Jewish. The apostles never stopped
going to synagogue or practicing their Jewish traditions.
The Body of Christ is not required to practice their tra-
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ditions, but we do need to understand them. Since Christianity became
“mainstream faith” under the Roman emperor Constantine, it has lost its
way and has failed to acknowledge its roots. This is the reason why
there is so much division and confusion in the Body of Christ. Imagine
a bunch of branches scattered on the earth and trying to grow without
their roots. This is impossible! The true quest of the Christian Church
should be to find out what the early church knew from the time of Jesus
to the time of Constantine. We need to understand the Old Testament
and what certain traditions, symbols, and practices meant in those
times. We need to learn Hebrew and Greek and be able to understand
the terminology that was used at that time as opposed to our Western
interpretation of what certain terms or phrases mean.
The House of Prayer (the Christian Church) must join forces with
the House of Israel (believing Jews) in order to make the Body com-
plete. Thanks be to God that there are Messianic Jews all over the
world! They are being added to the Church daily and have been com-
ing to the knowledge that Yeshua is their Mashiach. We have even been
in contact with some of them in the Los Angeles area. Is it not amazing
how the Western church has failed to look to these Jews as a source of
information and interpretation? They have an understanding of the
scriptures that we don’t have, and we must find out what they know in
order for us to go to the next level. We learn something new from them
all the time. However, they need help. The whole Body must come
together to help each part financially, spiritually, emotionally and in
every other way. This is the true purpose of prosperity – that none suf-
fer lack. This is a family and a brotherhood. What we
have in faith they make up for in understanding and inter-
pretation the ancient oracles of God. But just imagine if
the two houses came together. —EIF
A view of Caesarea, the town where Cornelius became the first Gentile
to be filled with the Holy Spirit.
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 from the headlines
REMEMBERING THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF
PASTOR ALLEN LANDRY, JR.
Pastor Allen Landry was a dedicat-
ed disciple whose love for God was evi-
dent in all areas of his Christian life; both
public and private. In October 2007, the
CCC Assistant Pastor and former CCC
East Pastor left this earth after a mighty
fight with cancer. While it is still very
painful to accept that such a powerful
man, who exuded so much life and vital-
ity, would be taken away from us so sud-
denly, we know that the Word tells us to
take comfort in knowing that Pastor
Landry is now present with the Father.
THE MAN
Born on July 10, 1949 in Orange,
Texas, Allen Joseph Landry, Jr. was the
only child born to Allen Joseph Landry,
Sr. and Mildred V. Landry. While he
received his formal education in Texas,
Allen attended college in California, by
enrolling in both San Francisco and
Berkeley institutions.
Before becoming a Christian,
Allen was a self-proclaimed “wild child”
of the 1960s. In an earlier interview I
had with him, he proudly admitted to
having beaded braids in his hair and
dancing on Soul Train.
“Yeah, you probably wouldn’t have
recognized me as the man you know now,”
Allen laughed as he recollected. “Yeah, I was way
out there. I had braids with gold beads, like the
old pictures you see of Rick James. [Laughing] I
was a super freak, but I could dance. I mean, I
could really move back then. I still can, what am I
talking about ‘back then’? I still can shake it. Ask
Julie.”
On April 20, 1973, he met the love of his life
(second only to Jesus Christ), Julie Yvonne Torres.
Allen became a happily love-struck husband to the
very beautiful and supportive Julie when the strik-
ingly attractive couple married on September 10,
1977. Their marriage union produced a son, Aaron
Michael Landry on November 22, 1982, whom
they both proudly and lovingly raised in the love
and admonition of the Father.
1977 proved to be a pivotal year for Allen
Landry. Before marrying Julie, Allen received
Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior on April 17th,
and later joined Crenshaw Christian Center that
same year, becoming very active in many areas of
helps ministry. Toward the end of 1977 Allen
acknowledged the call to the ministry.
December of 1980 Allen left Crenshaw
Christian Center to be an assistant pastor to New
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By Kerri Webb
His smile was contagious.
His charm was refreshing.
His stylish good looks were
intoxicating.
And his teachings of God’s Word,
most specifically, the blood covenant,
were life-changing—for him and all
those who heard him preach.
Breed Church with pastor Harold Andrews in
Pasadena, California, where he greatly assisted
him in many areas of the church. Even though
Allen proved to be a valuable asset to that church,
the Lord led him and his family to re-join
Crenshaw Christian Center in March of 1984.
In 1986, Dr. Frederick K.C. Price hired him
as an assistant pastor and in 1993 Allen was
appointed the Dean of the School of Ministry.
When he wasn’t working at the school or
other areas of CCC’s ministry, Allen was the
Chaplain for the Los Angeles Clippers bas-
ketball team from 1990-2003.
Allen was a workhorse, dedicated to
the spread of the Gospel wherever he could.
He parlayed his interest and following of the
fashion industry into being the advisor for
the Christian Cosmetology Association.
He also dabbled in broadcast media by host-
ing a call-in radio talk show entitled, “What
Do the Scriptures Say?”
Even though Fridays were his days off
from his regular pastoral commitments at
CCC, Allen used that time to continue
going about his Father’s business. When
most of us would take that time to sleep in,
Allen conducted a Friday morning business
men’s Bible study at Bel Air Presbyterian
Church for several years.
In 2003, Allen and Julie left the sunny,
warm, and glamorous Los Angeles scene to
become the full-time, on-site pastor at
Crenshaw Christian Center East in New
York City. CCC East finds its home in a
gorgeous, historical, cathedral-like church
building located smack in the heart of
Manhattan, directly across the street from
the famous Central Park. The move to New
York was quite an undertaking for the couple
who were used to the mild weather and the laid-
back atmosphere of the West Coast, but they were
determined to be faithful to the call on their lives.
The growing CCC East congregation
absolutely loved their new pastor, as the Landry’s
were welcomed with opened arms. When CCC
purchased the historical church building in 2003,
Allen and Julie made the local news, once again
putting CCC in the headlines. As word spread
about Allen’s teachings, the CCC East congrega-
tion mushroomed from 600 to well over 1000 reg-
ular church members. Allen was making his mark
on the NYC scene. On Monday mornings he
taught a business men’s Bible study, as CCC
East’s First Lady, Julie was also active with the
women of the church and local community.
New York native Yvette Gunn was a mem-
ber of CCC East before venturing out to Los
Angeles. Yvette credits a lot of her understanding
of faith and God’s word to the teachings of Pastor
Landry as well as Dr. Price.
“Pastor Landry made the kind of impact on
my life that will last a lifetime. I apply the princi-
ples from his teachings every day,” Yvette says. “He
taught me how to generally handle everyday life

Pastor Allen Landry and wife Julie Landry
through God’s Word. We all loved him at
CCC East. I know all of us are going to miss
him very much. He was a wonderful man.”
THE TEACHER
Just as Dr. Price’s ministry focus is on
faith, Allen Landry’s ministry focused on the
blood covenant that Christians have with the
Father God. Pastor Landry’s exhaustive
research into the origin and meaning of the
very misunderstood practice of blood
covenants and how the Christian faith is built
on this concept kept his Bible study sessions
packed with people who wanted to learn
more. Several pastors like CCC Senior
Pastor Craig L. Hays often referred to Pastor
Landry’s teaching of blood covenant in his
own ministry.
“If you haven’t already, then you need to
get the copy of Allen Landry’s blood covenant
teaching,” Pastor Hays instructed attendees of
his Bible study class one day. “Every Christian
needs to know about their covenant rights that
they have. If we all knew and understood our
rights, then we wouldn’t settle for anything
less than God’s best. Pastor Landry gift is his
thorough knowledge of the blood covenant
and trust me, when you hear what he tells you
about our covenant with the Father, then you
will start changing the way you see yourself.”
Pastor Landry will continue to live on
through his ground-breaking series “The
Blood Covenant: The Bridge to Faith.” In
this series, he explores the origin of covenants
and the historical, biblical, cultural and natural
significance of blood covenants. Using
anthropology research and the Scriptures,
Pastor Landry describes why the Bible is
referred to as a “bloody book.” He explains the
spiritual and natural significance of
Communion, and why Christians find power
in the “blood” of Jesus.
“Every Christian is in a blood covenant
with the Father, but what does that mean,”
Pastor Landry said. “If you think that a
covenant is a contract promise, you are really
missing out because you are only partially cor-
rect.”
In the follow-up series, “The Blood
Covenant: Crossing the Gulf of Indecision
and Doubt”, Pastor Landry thoroughly and
precisely explains how the knowledge of blood
covenant applies to Christians today. He
explains why we are healed by Jesus’ stripes,
and why we plead the blood of Jesus.
The two series are life-affirming and
powerful, and many say that it changes the
way Christians see themselves.
“I attended Pastor Landry’s classes on
the blood covenant,” says CCC member
Patrice Daniels. “When he taught that if God
Pastor Landry with Pastor Al Harvey
failed to keep his promise to mankind that He
would self-destruct, wow, that convinced me.”
So powerful was his faith in the blood
covenant, Minister Alice Gier, who was at
Pastor Landry’s bedside when he died,
explained how the great man of God passed
away mere seconds after taking communion.
“Pastor was waiting for that communion
because he was known as a man of covenant,”
Minister Gier explained. “So it was a blessing.
When he had received that communion he
stepped and went on to glory.”—EIF
Pastor Landry on the golf course.
THE CELEBRATION
OF LIFE
On October 15, 2007, Pastor Allen Landry’s life was
remembered and celebrated in a moving memorial tribute
held at CCC in Los Angeles. The FaithDome was festive-
ly decorated with colorful balloons and portraits of the smil-
ing, handsome pastor.
CCC’s Sanctuary Voices choir led the congregants in
praise and worship, celebrating the fact that Pastor Landry
was triumphantly dwelling in the presence of the Father
and no longer in pain. Upbeat singing, dancing, laughing,
all attributes that describe Allen Landry’s life on earth, were
in full swing during the nearly 2-hour memorial service. A
moving retrospective video was accompanied by a live solo
performance from Stevie Wonder who sang a few of his
famous hit songs.
Loving words were said by those invited by the
Landry Family to speak at the service. They included pas-
tors, family friends and former co-workers who worked
closely with Pastor Landry throughout the years who will
remember Allen Landry as a man who enjoyed life to the
fullest.
“If you ever wanted to find someone to have a good
time with, it was Allen Landry,” remarked Pastor Tom
Pickens. “I think that the Lord knew that we should not
have met each other until we both were save, because if we
had, I think you guys can understand—we can relate to
this—we would have raised some hell because we both…ha,
ha,…we both just liked to have a good time.”
“You need to know that Allen was quite a dancer,”
remembered Pastor Alfred Harvey. “We used to have a
competition between the students and the teachers when
we were teaching in the School of Ministry and he came up
with this idea that we were going to be a rendition of
Gladys Knight and the Pips. We did the Pips moves and we
practiced in my living room for I don’t know how long.
Allen taught us all those moves and we were cool. I wish
you could have seen how cool we were.”
Pastor Craig Hays perhaps knew Allen Landry the
longest. For more than 30 years, the two were best buddies.
“How many of you remember him modeling? He was
the greatest model I saw in my life,” Pastor Hays pro-
claimed. “That boy could style. I was jealous. That boy
could walk on the stage and all the ladies would swoon and
Julie would turn around and say to them ‘suffer’. It was
beautiful.”
Dr. Price also spoke fondly of his friend and colleague,
Pastor Allen Landry. He read several scriptures explaining
that death, for the Christian, is a time for celebration.
“We’ll miss you Allen, but we know you are very much
alive. In fact, you are more alive now than you have ever
been since you have been on this planet,” said Dr. Price.
“But we will miss him and it’s rightful that we do so. He
was a friend, he was a comrade in arms, he was a father, he
was a husband – and we will miss him. But for those of us
who know the game plan, we know we will see him again.”
Pastor Allen Landry is survived by his wife, Julie, his
son Aaron Michael Landry, his mother, Mildred V. Landry,
his aunt Barbara V. Landry, his uncle Dr. Clarence Avery,
his first cousin Marie Annette Avery, his first cousin, Linda
Thompson and a host of relatives and friends.
While we don’t know for sure if he is wearing his gold-
beaded braids again, but we can be confident in assuming
that he’s leading the Soul Train line in heaven. We love and
miss you Pastor Landry!
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 health & healing
How I
Overcame
Cancer
By Dr. Betty R. Price
When I was attacked with cancer, I
was prepared for it, because I had
lived my life by faith daily. I did not
play with God. I lived my life the best
way I knew how; I would not deliber-
ately do anything wrong.
he news was a shock to my husband and my children because
T
they knew the kind of lifestyle I led, but I said, “God is the
Healer, so I’ve got to believe Him.” The first verse that came
to me was James 1:2-4: “My brethren, count it all joy when
you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your
faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work,
that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.”
God tells us to count whatever we are going
through as joy because it will produce patience and
joy in us. God says to count it all joy – not if you
fall into diverse trials, temptations and tests, but
when you go through them. If we are armed
with the Word of God, then the Word will
come out of us when we are tempted, tried, or
tested, instead of the fear of whatever it is we
are facing.
During all of my time at home before I
was attacked, I had certain Scriptures
that I memorized and used in my
d a i l y
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prayer time. That was why I was strong in faith. I knew cancer could
not stick to me because I remembered the promises God gives us in
His Word. I could go back to a verse like Deuteronomy 30:19 that says:
“… I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore
choose life, that both you and your descendants may live.”
I did not believe He would tell me this and then let me die. So I
stood on that Scripture and many others. There were so many pas-
sages that told me that God was with me. For example, 1 John 5:4 says:
“For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the vic-
tory that has overcome the world — our faith.”
You have to believe that God is with you, and don’t be discouraged
by what you see and feel. This is why it is so important to understand
how faith works. Many people will walk in faith a little while, then give
up because they figure, “Well, I believed God for this and I didn’t get it.”
But when you think like that, your mind is on the wrong thing. Faith
is a way of life and we must develop our faith on the little issues of life,
so that we can handle the big issues.
Philippians 4:6 tells us: “Be anxious for nothing….”
I love that verse. When the Bible says to be anxious for nothing that
means to not worry or be anxious to the point of distraction for any-
thing.
“…but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving,
let your requests be made known to God.”
And if you do that, Philippians 4:7 says: “and the peace of God,
which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds
through Christ Jesus.”
So if you cast your care on the Lord and trust Him to take care of
the situation, you will have peace. That is when you know whether you
have cast that care on the Lord – when you are not worried about any-
thing. You have to train yourself to do this, especially if you have a ten-
dency to worry. I came from a family of worriers, but I have trained
myself not to worry.
When you train yourself not to worry, and let the Lord handle your
cares, the benefits are great. When I went into the hospital, I did not
have any worries. I experienced the peace of God.
You don’t need to fear because God is with you. Fear is an act of
your will. You may feel afraid, but you have to make up in your mind
that you will not be afraid. You have to think and say, “I will not be
afraid, for God is with me.”
When I went into the hospital, before I had any tests, that confes-
sion is what kept my eyes on the end-result of my faith. I did not look at
what I was going through when I was hurting, when I was undergoing
chemotherapy and radiation. All I looked at was the end of the attack
on my body—my healing.
The Lord is so real, and He truly loves us. The first night I was in
the hospital, He spoke to my spirit by the Holy Spirit, and said, “This
sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God
may be glorified thereby.” And that stayed in front of me throughout
the sickness, treatments, and therapy. No matter how bad it got, I
said, “God, You’re with me.”
God is not a liar. If you believe anything, believe what God
says in His Word about your situation, no matter how you
are feeling. He is stronger than anything you feel. He is
more real because He is in the spirit world, and the spirit
world is more real than this physical world. You need to
know that, because when you know it, you will not give
up on what God has said He has done for you. That is
the way faith works. —EIF
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 word of faith
A lot of black Muslims applauded Dr. Frederick K.C. Price
when his television series on Race, Religion & Racism
began in November 1997 and ran for 76 weeks. They
agreed with his hard-hitting expose of racism in the
Church. Truth be known, many people were surprised by Dr. Price’s
bold act. Few would have voted him The Minister Most Likely to
Hammer the Church. Dr. Price was one who had “made it.” He had
an outstandingly successful ministry and worldwide television pro-
gram. He had built one of the largest sanctuaries in America – the
FaithDome in Los Angeles – and he had white friends in the higher
echelons of Christianity.
Those same Muslims drew back in horror when Dr. Price turned
the spotlight on Islam. During the large portion of the series that dealt
with the religion, several groups picketed in front of
Crenshaw Christian Center, the church that Dr. Price
founded in 1973. It was a nonviolent demonstration
Islam,
by a diverse group of sects. The picketers felt that
their faith was being unfairly targeted.
In doing a “comparative analysis” of
Islam, Dr. Price admitted that he was
prompted by a concern over the number
of Blacks who were leaving Christianity
for Islam. He told his television audi-
ence: “I believe, however, that if you
Christianity:
Muhammad,
leave Christianity to become a Muslim,
especially as a black person, you should
have all the facts that pertain to you as a
Meet Jesus
black person.”
No problem there, one would think.
Most people would probably agree that it
is better to be informed when making a deci-
sion as important as whom to worship. But
while the revelations concerning Islam proved to
be most enlightening, they also put the religion in a By Dr. Betty R. Price
very unenviable light in contrast to Christianity.
Dr. Price gathered his facts over a three-year period
before the series began. A fastidious researcher, he was meticulous in
naming the books, the edition, the publication date, the exact pages
he was quoting, and spelling each author’s name. He used two ver-
sions of the Koran – The Koran, translated with notes by N.J.
Dawood; and The Meaning of the Glorious Quran1, by Abdullah
Yusuf Ali. He also quoted the Hadith, which contains the oral tradi-
tions of the people who lived with, slept with and befriended the
Prophet Muhammad, Islam’s founder. Dr. Price noted that he had
“read and studied all 4,705 pages” of a version of the Hadith entitled
The Translation of the Meaning of Sahih Al-Bukhari (Arabic-
English). He also noted that some consider the Hadith as divinely
inspired as the Koran itself.
The following are a number of his comparisons of the two Islamic
holy books and the Bible on a variety of subjects, including women,
wives and Muhammad’s skin color. A passage from Sura [row] 2:228
of the Koran on the status of women, reads:
Women shall with justice have rights similar to those exercised
against them, although men have a status above women. God is
mighty and wise.
Here’s a view of the same subject from the Hadith, Volume 3,
Chapter 12, The Witness of Women and the Statement of Allah,
#826: Page 502:
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Narrated2 Abu Said Al-Khudri: The Prophet said, “Isn’t the wit-
ness of a woman equal to half of that of a man?” The woman said,
“Yes.” He [the Prophet] said, “This is because of the deficiency of a
woman’s mind.”
By contrast, Dr. Price points out that the Bible has something
quite different to say about women. He quotes Galatians 3:28:
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free,
there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.3
If nothing else, one can see that the Bible offers a more egalitari-
an view of the sexes than does the Koran and the Hadith. One of the
important contrasts between Islam and Christianity is on
the status of wives. Here is a quote from the Koran,
Sura 4:2-3:
Giv e orphans t he propert y whi ch
belongs to them. Do not exchange their
valuables for worthless things or cheat
th e m o f t h e i r p o s s es s i o n s ; f o r t h i s
would surely be a grievous sin. If you
fear that you cannot treat orphans
[orphan girls] with fairness, then you
may marry other women who seem
good to you: two, three, or four of
them.
The Hadith discusses the many
wives of Muhammad. In the Hadith,
Volume 1, Chapter 13, #268, Page 165, it
says:
Narrated Qatada: Anas bin Malik said,
“The Prophet used to visit all his wives in a round, dur-
ing the day and night and they were eleven in number.” I
asked Anas, “Had the Prophet the strength for it?” Anas replied, “We
used to say that the Prophet was given the strength of thirty (men).”
And Said said on the authority of Qatada that Anas had told him
about nine wives only (not eleven).
Not only did Muhammad have many wives, but he started on
them early in their lives, as we see in the Hadith, Volume 5, Chapter
43, #234, Page 152:
Narrated Aisha: The Prophet engaged me when I was a girl of
six (years). We went to Medina and stayed at the home of Bani-al-
Harith bin Khazraj. Then I got ill and my hair fell down. Later on my
hair grew (again) and my mother, Um Ruman, came to me while I
was playing in a swing with some of my girl friends. She called me,
and I went to her, not knowing what she wanted to do to me. She
caught me by the hand and made me stand at the door of the house. I
was breathless then, and when my breathing became alright, she took
some water and rubbed my face and head with it. Then she took me
into the house. There in the house, I saw some Ansari women who
said, “Best wishes and Allah’s Blessing and a good luck.” Then she
entrusted me to them and they prepared me (for the marriage).
Unexpectedly Allah’s Messenger came to me in the forenoon and my
mother handed me over to him, and at that time I was a girl of nine
years of age.
 Monogamy is taught throughout the Bible, especially in the New
Testament, though it is clear in the Old Testament that many men
had multiple wives. Let’s look at what the Bible says about multiple
wives in the beginning, Genesis 2:24:
Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined
to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
Monogamy is taught in 1 Corinthians 7:1-2, as well as in other bib-
lical passages:
Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me: It is good
for a man not to touch a woman.
Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his
own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
One of the knocks on black Christians is that they serve a white
Jesus in a religion founded by and for white people. But Dr. Price
points to evidence in the Hadith that the Prophet Muhammad, the
founder of Islam, was white. Several passages in the Hadith make this
point. Hadith, Volume 1, Chapter 7, #63, Page 54:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: While we were sitting with the
Prophet in the mosque, a man came riding on a camel. He made his
camel kneel down in the mosque, tied its foreleg and then said: “Who
amongst you is Muhammad?” At that time the Prophet was sitting
amongst us (his companions) leaning on his arm. We replied, “This
white man reclining on his arm.” The man then addressed him, “O
Son of Abdul Muttalib.”
And in the Hadith, Volume 1, Chapter 27, #385(B), Page 234:
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Narrated Abdullah bin Malik Ibn Buhaina, “When the Prophet
prayed prostrated, he used to separate his arms from his body so wide-
ly that the whiteness of his armpits was visible.”
Finally, in the Hadith, Volume 1, Chapter 12, #367, Page 224:
Narrated Abdul-Aziz: Anas said, “When Allah’s Messenger
invaded Khaibar, we offered the Fajr prayer there (early in the morn-
ing) when it was still dark. The Prophet rode and Abu Talha rode too
and I was riding behind Abu Talha. The Prophet passed through the
land of the Khaibar quickly and my knee was touching the thigh of the
Prophet. He uncovered his thigh and I saw the whiteness of the thigh
of the Prophet.
The question now becomes: Why would you leave one religion
because the founder is white to join another one where the founder is
white?
In these few areas alone, one can see a vast difference between
Islam and Christianity. One is founded on the freedoms that so many
in America have fought and died to possess, while the other is found-
ed on rigidity, brutality and vengeance.
Portions of this article were excerpted from Dr. Price’s Jesus,
Christianity & Islam, the final volume of the Race, Religion &
Racism trilogy.—EIF
1 Note: The different spellings of the Koran are common. The use of the letters Ko in the word Koran
are from the anglicized version, which is more popular in America.
2 Most entries in the Hadith begin with the word Narrated, referring to the one who is speaking.
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 parenting matters
Prosperity:
Room
For More
By La Verne Tolbert, Ph.D. Behold, children are
a heritage
from the Lord,
The fruit of the
womb is a reward.
(Psalm 127:3)
B
oundless bundles of energy, activity, and excitement,
children are a blessing to every family…and to every
church. When we think of prosperity, we need only
look at the smiling faces of the children in our midst to
realize that we are blessed indeed.
Valuing our children and appreciating the gifts
God has given us by entrusting us with His little ones
are tangible expressions of gratitude. We live in a prosperous nation,
and by learning how to apply the Word of God to our lives, we are for-
tunate to be people of prosperity. Many would agree that there’s room
for more!
We’ve heard Dr. Price teach again and again that the purpose of
prosperity is to be open channels so that the needs of the Body are met
through our generosity. What better way to be that channel than to
share prosperity’s blessings with those who have been orphaned.
According to the latest report from the United States Department
of Health and Human Services Administration for Children &
Families, there are 115, 407 children in the in the United States waiting
to be adopted. Until permanent placements are found, these children
languish in the foster care system year after year.1
A disproportionate number are African-American or mixed chil-
dren.2 They landed in the system because of poverty and poverty-relat-
ed circumstances—poor education, unemployment, drugs and vio-
lence—the primary reasons for the overrepresentation of black children
in the system.3
Unfortunately, there aren’t enough African American parents who
are willing to adopt these children. Our children are in the system, but
those of us who have “made it” are not reaching back far enough to help
those who are less fortunate.
When Black families are interested, especially if they want new-
born infants, they are matched within a few months.4
Christian families are in even higher demand. Birth mothers often
ask agencies to place their babies in Christian homes. What an oppor-
tunity to share God’s abundance by providing a room—and a home—
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for a child. Abused, rejected and neglected, they are truly the “least of
these.”
“Then the King will say to those on His right
hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the
kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the
world:
‘for I was hungry and you gave me food; I was
thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and
you took Me in:
“I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and
you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’
“Then the righteous will answer Him saying,
‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or
thirsty and give You drink?
‘When did we see You a stranger and take You in,
or naked and clothe You?
‘Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and
come to You?’
“And the King will answer and say to them,
‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one
of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’
(Matthew 25:40-45)
As we prosper and examine additional ways to improve our com-
munities, we must consider the “strangers” who need the influence of a
transformational Gospel in their daily lives. This investment yields
heavenly rewards and is an expression of pure religion.
Pure and undefiled religion before God and the
Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their
trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
(James 1:27)
In this passage, James makes a difference between what we say
and how we live. Pure religion does something! It’s faith in action!
Recognizing the suffering of others and a using the resources God pro-
vides to meet those needs is what the Bible calls “true” religion.
THE PROCESS
It takes less than 14 months to complete the adoption process.
Single adults as well as married couples are invited to become adoptive
parents. There are open adoptions where birth-mothers have sched-
uled, supervised visits with their children and semi-open adoptions
where birth parents only exchange letters or photos through a non-fam-
ily administrator. 5 Or, there are closed adoptions with no birth-parent
contact with the child.
 Adoptive families are not left to manage their newly-blended fami-
lies alone. There’s a wealth of assistance and an abundance of resources
available, from small-group parent meetings, to annual training ses-
sions and on-line discussion groups. States provide adoptive parents
with monthly financial support until the child turns 18.
CHURCH AS PARTNER
Churches partner with God to meet the needs in our community
by presenting the Body of Christ with the opportunity to adopt.
Following Sunday morning service in April 2007, Crenshaw Christian
Center (Dr. Frederick K. C. Price, Pastor-Founder), hosted an
Adoption assisted by Child SHARE, a local Christian agency that
assists churches in developing adoption/foster care ministries, the
Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), and the
Children’s Bureau, a private adoption agency.
More than 100 prospective parents attended to express their inter-
est in adoption or foster care. It was beautiful to see the fruit of pros-
perity in action.
Social workers brought 25 children who needed permanent place-
ments, and a few of these children were in
their early teenage years. One girl sat by
herself and was hesitant to talk with any-
one. She later admitted that she had been
waiting for years for a family. Now, she felt
that no one wanted her because she was
too old. Oh that our hearts would break
with the things that break the heart of
God!
Families who were interested in
adopting submitted “Interest Forms” to
DCFS and happily an interest form was submitted for each of the chil-
dren in attendance, including the older teenage girl. Not everyone has
followed through, however—there are mountains and mountains of
paperwork and 33 hours of classes!—but we are grateful for the ones
who did. The process is somewhat different, although not necessarily
easier, when adoptions are completed through private agencies.
What happens to those children who are not adopted?
Unfortunately, statistics demonstrate that many who remain in the sys-
tem often end up as victims of negative influences and find themselves
on our city’s streets. Prisons are full of adults who were “orphaned” as
children.
DO YOU HAVE ROOM?
Prosperity is married to accountability. Are you prosperous
enough to have an extra bed…an empty room? As you look around
your home or apartment, is there room for more?
Why not fill the space in your heart with the sound of laughter?
There’s nothing like the feel of tiny, grateful arms tightly hugging your
neck telling you that you’re the best mom in the world!
I know. My husband and I are adoptive parents. —EIF
Dr. La Verne Tolbert is Director of Christian Education Ministries at
Crenshaw Christian Center, where she oversees the ministries to children,
teens, and young adults.
1 www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cb/stats_research/index.htm
2 www.africanamericanadoptionsonline.com
3 Department of Health and Human Services Children’s Bureau,
Administration for Children and Families (December, 2003). Children of
Color in Child Welfare: Perspectives from the Child Welfare Community, p. ii.
4 www.africanamericanadoptionsonline.com
5 www.lifetimeadoption.com
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 pastor’s corner

Pastor Hays with Drs. Fred and Betty Price at the Recycling Black Dollars Dinner where he was honored
recently with the Frederick K.C. Price Spirit of Excellence Award.

leadership.”
Sitting under Dr. Price’s teaching for more than 30 years has
helped a great deal as well. Pastor Hays says he found out about
Crenshaw Christian Center after one of his sister-in-laws suggested
that he and his wife Patricia visit the church. They lived (and still do)
at 6th Avenue and Hardy which was right up the street from the for-
mer site of Crenshaw Christian Center.
“[My wife and I] had just gotten filled with the Spirit,” he recalls.
“We got filled with the Spirit in a Catholic church. The nuns were
seeing angels flying. But it wasn’t enough. So when my sister-in-law
told us about this church and we decided to visit since it was right up
the street.’ In February of 1977 we joined. It was instantly like, ‘this is
where you should be.’ Not so much for my wife but she kind of hung
out. She was still going to stay in the Catholic church. When she real-
ized I was serious she came. I joined on a Tuesday night Bible
P ASTOR L. C RAIG H AYS : study—one of Dr. Price’s Bible studies. He said, ‘oh you finally decid-
ed to join.’ I was a member of the church a number of years before I

A DEPENDABLE came to work.”

What sealed the deal for Hays was seeing Dr. Price actually liv-
ing what he preached.

HELPER IN “I had a call on my life as a young man, but I’d never seen men
really take the Word of God seriously,” Hays discloses. “I’m sure there
were many men who took the Word of God seriously, but I didn’t see

THE LORD them. Most of them I came in contact with were playing with the
Word. When I saw Dr. Price I saw in him something I had never seen
in other men of that caliber. I had seen it in the military and my work
By Antracia Moorings in the government—you’d occasionally come upon someone with
integrity. That was intriguing. Here is someone who was telling me
ith such a large and thriving ministry such as

W
that he lives this everyday. I wanted to see it for myself. I said, ‘I’m
Crenshaw Christian Center, Dr. Fred Price going to hang around and see if it’s true.’ If you hang around soon
needs capable men who can help bear the burden enough you’ll fall in.
of ministering to the people. Pastor L. Craig As a young man, this Chicago, IL native says he never discussed
Hays is one such man. For almost two decades, the call on his life, because there was no one to discuss it with since
he’s been working as administrative pastor at the the ministers he knew were not living upright lives. He ended up leav-
church. It’s his responsibility to make sure that all ing the South Side of Chicago for the Korean conflict in 1951 and
the assistant pastors get the functions done that they have to get never went back. At 19 years old, he ended up in California, a place
done. that he said was “better than sugar and sweet bread.” He was sta-
“They never had this role before I came,” said Hays. “Pastors are tioned at Andrews Air Force base as a jet mechanic. “We were like the
like anyone else, they need someone to give them some direction. Dr. Tuskegee Airmen because we were the first blacks they let work on
Price is the boss. My job is to carry out his wishes.” the airplanes.”
Prior to his current post, Hays worked for the Sheriff’s depart- Even with all that he’s accomplished, one thing that Hays is not
ment, the probation department and then in the municipal court. is arrogant. He is very well aware of his place in the Lord and says
Before joining the pastoral staff, Pastor Hays served on the faculty of that alone brings him the most contentment.
the CCC Ministry Training Institute (formerly called the CCC “The thing that the Lord impressed on my heart was this that I
School of Ministry). He also served as the Men’s Fellowship was to assist this man the rest of my life,” he points out. “I would never
President for 11 years, as ministerial advisor to the Church’s Alcohol have a church. So it wasn’t a problem with me. I didn’t have to run
and Drug Abuse program, and as an usher. He presently serves on around here looking for a church because my assignment was clear.
the Ministry’s Executive Board as the Vice President of the corpora- So I just followed it. I don’t have any illusions of grandeur where I
tion. think I’m going to have this big church. There are two types of pas-
“I had bosses who trained me and prepared me for this,” he says tors—assistants and the main pastor. They need people to assist them
of his current job. “My last position in the municipal court I designed because they can’t do all the work. There are two types of
space for judges. I worked for women. Women are hard assistant pastors: those who are assistants forever—me
to work for if you don’t know how they swing. I learned “You’ve got to and those in transition. You’ve got to have a clear vision
administratively what to do. I’ve had a lot of leadership
training. I worked for a court administrator who took me
have a clear on what God wants you to do. I never had any problem.
I knew what I was supposed to do. When I was ordained
under his wing and taught me everything an administra- vision on what in 1987, I was 54 years old (I’m 75 now.) The gifts and call-
tor is supposed to be. I was two levels under him. I guess God wants you ing of God are without repentance. A lot of people suffer
God was preparing me for this—the do’s and don’t of because they just don’t realize what they’re called to.”—EIF
to do.”

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 the bizness
By Pastor Frederick K. Price, Jr.
I
know adults think that we, the youth of today,
have no vision, desire, or drive to achieve anything.
But that is not at all true. It is just that we have to
see Christ in someone our own age. We know it
works for the adults, and we can accept it from the
adults, but it would help just a tad more if we saw
God working in the lives of our peers.
If we are going to see God working in our lives, we must
make a decision for God. We cannot straddle the fence.
Some of us are ashamed to even know the gospel because it
seems being a Christian is not cool, Christ is not cool, and
church is not cool. But that is just not the way to go. Paul
writes in Romans 1:16: “For I am not ashamed of the gospel
of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone
who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.”
Paul felt an obligation to preach the gospel to every per-
son, and he was not ashamed to speak about it because he
knew it had the power to bring people to salvation. That was
also why he wrote in 2 Timothy 1:8, “Therefore do not be
ashamed of the testimony of our Lord….” We should not be
ashamed of the gospel, or of the testimony of the Lord, but
be willing to share it with every-
one.
You may be ashamed
of the gospel and not
even know it. We
have sports, movies,
and all kinds of
stuff like that. I
love to watch
sports, but
sports and
movies
a r e
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not the most important things in my life
because I have my priorities together.
When the things of God are not as impor-
tant to you as the things of men, and
when you put more emphasis on the
things of men by showing more desire
and affection on them, you tend to be
ashamed of the gospel, and Paul told us
not to do that.
At a Creflo Dollar meeting when I was 17, I told my dad,
“I accept my calling.” He told me, “Okay, you need to get into
the Word and study the Word, memorize Scripture, pray in
the Spirit and pray in English, and spend time praising God.”
I understood that, but still did not want to do it. I figured
that when the time was right, everything would fall into
place.
Somewhere between 19 1/2 and 20, I realized that
Christianity was not about religion, or about coming to
church on Sunday and Bible study once a week. Jesus came
to bring life so that we might have it more abundantly, so if
you are not ashamed of the gospel, you should be living a
righteous lifestyle. This is not just a Sunday thing; this is all
the time.
I know some people may be ashamed because of what
other people would say about their praying, praising the
Lord or reading the Bible. But you can take your Bible out
and read it without broadcasting what you are doing. People
may wonder what you are doing, and may come over to you,
but that is an opportunity to minister to them.
All God has is us, and we have to be on point. We have
to know this Word because the Word of God faces violent
opposition. A lot of people do not want to hear this, but
there are millions of people dying and going to hell because
of a small number of people being ashamed of the gospel.
There is no reason to be ashamed. Sharing the gospel and
living a righteous life are actually the coolest things you can
do. And God needs us, especially at a young age.
Trust me; I was just where you are. I challenge you
to apply the Word to everything in your life, starting
now. Do not wait. The Christian lifestyle does not
start when you graduate from high school or college
or when you become 25 or 30 years old. It starts now.
Get into the Word and high school will be a breeze.
Apply the Word to your life, schoolwork, basketball,
to everything, and you will only go up in life. —EIF
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 straight talk

Q&A with Drs. Fred and Betty Price

Dr. Price, I have been studying the duties of the husband and wife. You once made a statement
about community property, such as what belongs to the husband is also the wife’s, and what
belongs to her belongs to the husband.
That opened up a can of worms in my household. I have been telling my husband that the law
has changed to a certain degree now, that before marriage a couple can sign written contracts called
prenuptial agreements. They are legal and binding in some cases, but can be overruled if not drawn
up by a lawyer.
This evening, my husband said, “Did you hear what Fred said in church about community property?”
What do you think about these agreements?

It is things like this in people’s relationships
that really cause trouble.
I understand that people do have legal docu-
ments such as this drawn up nowadays, but as far
as I am concerned, I think it is worldly, unspiritu-
al, and dumb. I think such an agreement really sets
the stage for the demise of the relationship.
Whatever you had when you came into the rela-
tionship also became the property of your husband
or wife. It all belongs to “one.” If you want to keep
your country estate, your blue Mercedes Benz,
and all that furniture you had before you married,
what are you getting married for? Is it just so that
you do not have to get a prostitute? She is good
enough to marry and carry your name, but she is
not good enough to have half ownership in your
estate or car?
Why do you want to have “his” and “her” stuff? I
had some things before I married Betty. If I want-
ed to keep them all to myself, I should not have
married her. Everything you have belongs to your
mate. Why would you want a legal document to
say, “This is mine, and that is yours?”
If you become one flesh, I think that principle
covers everything. Why would you be one in the
flesh, but separate in your personal items?
Christians who do this are acting exactly like the
world. That is what the world does: Come up
with such contracts because they do not expect the
marriage to work. So they want to have an out.
Everything I have belongs to my wife. I believe
I have her and everything that goes with her. We
did not need any contract to divide our things.
Our contract was “I do.”

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