Our founding member, Ben Fields, was attending church and getting involved weekly, but began to question his faith.  He did not feel he was helping the people the church was set out to help, but was instead getting more tied up in church politics.  Ben owns an auto repair garage in Fort Worth, Texas.

During this time of questioning, a car was dropped off at the shop; the owner decided it was too much trouble and told Ben to give it to someone in need.

This was the start of Project-44 and the beginning of the first ministry, the auto ministry.
Ben had become the church.  He founded the charity, obtained a 501(c)(3),  and set up a board of directors to support the charity.

Later, the charity was given the use of a piece of land; thus began the garden ministry.
Ben’s wife has the gift of counseling. This, paired with a grant of office space from a local church, was the beginning of the counseling ministry, “Sanctuary”.