[7] Stair purchased a motel in Walterboro, South Carolina in 1978, and encouraged followers to move to the community, sell all their possessions, take a vow of poverty, and donate all that they owned to Overcomer Ministry.
Community members live in mobile homes and handmade houses, eating communal meals and gathering for Saturday worship in the Tabernacle.
[3] Typically, work is divided along traditional gender lines, with men performing farm/manual labor and women doing domestic chores.
[8] Commune members typically followed Stair's teaching, and in the 1980s and 1990s, local authorities conducted investigations after three infants died at the community either during or shortly after birth.
[3] As of 2014, Stair leased airtime globally on five free-to-air satellites (Galaxy 19, Hot Bird 8, Optus D2, Thaicom 5, and Eutelsat 25B) and on seven international shortwave radio stations (WHRI, WWRB, WTWW, WWCR, WBCQ, WRMI, and Media Broadcast GmbH) to convey his message to listeners in the United States as well as listeners in locations as far-flung as South America, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Israel, Russia, and India.
[3][7][8] In addition to international satellite and shortwave, Stair broadcast worldwide via internet streaming from his ministry's web site.
In 1993 and 1994, Stair and his ministry were partners in a failed ship-based radio project due to authorities raiding and confiscating both the ship and its equipment before it could set sail to international waters.
"[11] Stair also has received publicity over the years for several of his prophecies, including a nuclear confrontation prophesied for 1988,[6][8] and that Ronald Reagan would not complete his term as president.
[9] While hosting a revival in Muskogee, Oklahoma, Stair was arrested in late December 1963 on charges of outraging public decency, including using obscene language and actions in front of a minor.
[13] In 2004, Stair pleaded guilty to the charge of assault and battery and was sentenced to time served, a total of 77 days in custody.