Millard Fuller was an ambitious and driven man, a millionaire by age 29. Yet in 1965 his life came to a point of crisis when his wife Linda told him she was leaving him. Together, they resolved to save their marriage, give away their fortune to help the poor, and focus their lives toward God’s work with a renewed and exciting sense of purpose. At Koinonia Farm, the Fullers were mentored by Christian philosopher, Clarence Jordan, who inspired the principles behind partnership housing, that homes for the poor should be built and sold at no profit and without interest charged, as seen in Exodus 22:25.
As a direct result of the time they spent at Koinonia Farm, the Fullers founded Habitat for Humanity in 1976. In 2005, the Fullers once again started over and launched Th e Fuller Center for Housing. FCH is currently building and renovating homes in 90+ communities in the United States and in 20 countries around the world. Working toward a mission to help the more than 1.6 billion people worldwide without adequate shelter, the Fullers’ extraordinary commitment and legacy continues today through the hearts and hands of hundreds of thousands of volunteers who seek to build a better world, one house at a time.
