In a statement, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti described Price as “a towering giant of our faith community in Los Angeles and an inspiring force for justice worldwide,” and added: “His ministry had local roots, but a global impact - providing care, resources, and a helping hand to the most vulnerable in our city and far beyond our borders.”Ī Santa Monica native, Price met his future wife, Betty, in the early 1950s when they were both students at Dorsey High School. The Crenshaw Christian Center has served as a coronavirus testing site since early in the pandemic, and recently as a vaccination site. He wanted to lift them out of their ills and raise their hopes, that in God they could be something, do something, raise their children well.” “He had a heart for his own people, people of color. “He chose to build the FaithDome in the inner city, as opposed to doing it in the suburbs, because he wanted to minister to the disenfranchised,” said Angela Evans, his daughter and the church president. At the time, newspapers proclaimed it the largest geodesic church structure in the world, and it remains a landmark visible to air travelers arriving at Los Angeles International Airport. Opened in 1989 on the former site of Pepperdine University, Price’s South Vermont Avenue church was topped by a massive aluminum sphere known as the FaithDome, 320 feet in diameter and 63 feet high. His family said he had been in the hospital suffering from the virus infection for the last five weeks.
Price, a televangelist who founded the Crenshaw Christian Center, a South Los Angeles megachurch with a 10,000-seat sanctuary, died Friday from COVID-19. Price, pastor and founder of the Crenshaw Christian Center, during a service at the center in Los Angeles in 2005. Price will be missed by many however, her legacy still lives on.California Gov. The Price room, located next to the cafeteria exit, was built in honor of the Price couple. I think that shows how much they meant to the school,” junior Ana Flores said. “I think it’s nice that the school named the Price Room after them. “Her passing is very sad, but I think she and her husband left their mark on our campus,” said senior Noah Rogers.Įven though the old green house is gone and the landscape of campus has changed, students can still see the impact that Betty and Art Price had on the campus. With an open door to their home and hearts, the Price couple set the foundation for the family-orientated feel that is still experienced on the campus today. They also established an academic scholarship in their name to support outstanding Vanguard students, called the Art and Betty Price Endowed Scholarship. “I remember going to their house and eating taco salad that she always fixed for students.”Īfter retirement, the couple retreated to a cabin in Big Bear where they would have students over as company often, even letting newlyweds spend a weekend there for their honeymoon and hosting youth groups. “They were the parental figures on campus for a lot of students,” said Crenshaw. She will forever be missed,” Mark said.Ĭrenshaw remembers the care of Price in her early days at what was then Southern California College. I remember hanging at their house on campus… I learned a lot from Art as well. “I will never forget, she had the most giving spirit. “It started out with just half a dozen the first year and by the time we finished we would usually have about 50 or 60 a week that cleared through,” Price said.Īlumnus Greg Mark was one of these students who visited their home. The invitation was extended to staff members, faculty, and families. The couple’s house quickly became a home away from home for many students as they would invite them over all the time. It was moved from what is now the police station location to by the gymnasium,” Betty Price said. “We moved on campus on Jin what was known as the old green house. With Betty Price positioned as Student Accounts Supervisor and her husband as Maintenance Service Manager, the couple spent most of their time on campus.ĭirector of Library Services Pam Crenshaw conducted an interview with the Price couple in April 2009, where they discussed their experience at Vanguard. Though to many current students Betty Price would best be known for the Price Room, a space named after her and her husband Art, for many years the couple were beacons of love and hospitality on campus.īoth Betty and Art Price began working at the university through her brother, Vanguard’s fifth president O.
15, leaving behind a legacy of generosity and a lasting impact on alumni and faculty alike.
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