Ben Hardister

Ben Hardister was born and raised in the Sonoma Valley of California. He has worked in real estate and related fields of business for 35 years. He is the past president and founder of the Full Gospel Businessmen’s Fellowship International in Sonoma, and past President and co-founder of Prison Bible Studies, in San Quentin. Mr. Hardister was a volunteer chaplain on San Quentin’s death row for ten years, and has funded the building of churches, schools, orphanages, youth centers, homeless shelters, clinics and hospitals worldwide and he is currently the President of the Soldiers Of The Cross Motorcycle Club. He and his wife Karen attend church at The House in Modesto, and reside in Sonoma and Modesto, California. They have three grown children and four grandchildren.

Mr. Hardister remains active in the planning and funding of projects to further the kingdom of God in the United States and many countries around the world, and he leads a weekly Bible study at the Soldiers Of The Cross clubhouse in Modesto. www.sotcmodesto.org