I’m not like some pastors’ wives who pretend that all is well,
when they are miserable. I can't do that. I don't live that way."
~Dr. Betty Price

Eventually Dr. Betty put her foot down. “I told Fred, ‘If you have to keep talking to this woman, then I am not going to church with you anymore.’ ... I’m not like some pastors’ wives who pretend that all is well, when they are miserable. I can’t do that. I don’t live that way,” she contends.

For Dr. Betty, “standing by her man” does not mean submitting to anything. Rather, it means loving God by loving her husband. “You ought to love God more that you love your ‘man,’” she asserts. “I’m not saying, ‘Don’t love your husband.’ I’m saying that standing up for what is right is ‘loving’ your husband ... because if he listens, it will save him.”

Unlike many women married to strong men of God, Dr. Betty has never had an identity crisis. In actuality, she has always been a mighty pillar in her household and ministry. Emotionally, she overcame the death of her eight year old son who was killed by a car in 1962. Physically, she battled and conquered lymphatic cancer. Spiritually, she never took her eyes off of God, even while facing grave personal and ministerial challenges. “I never had to struggle to discover my identity and voice,” Dr. Betty says. “I always knew my place as a wife, mother, and Christian. People used to always ask me, ‘How do you feel being in your husband’s shadow?’ My answer was, ‘I have no problem with it because it’s a good shadow,’” she exclaims.

Dr. Betty’s no-nonsense approach to serving God and her man reveals that a woman can be strong, yet submitted; loving, yet direct; a leader, yet a servant; soft spoken – yet not “timid.” These qualities represent a fearless woman who is powerful in all of her splendor.

“I hope that my lasting legacy will be that I represented Jesus by loving people,” Dr. Betty projects. “I desire to demonstrate that God is no respecter of persons. We can all obey His Word, and be winners in life.”