The Testimoney of Randy Drum
My name is Randy Drum and I was a "Stairite"( under the demonic influence
of R.G. Stair ).My wife of 20+ years and my son 11 moved there with me and this
is our story concerning what turned out to be a huge mistake.
I began listening to the overcomer broadcast in Jan. 2000 after hearing about
him by chance from a neighbor who had already been taken in by this false prophet. I
was in a backslidden condition and was seeking a true man of God to hear the
Word of God from who was not compromised as most so called Christians are in
this day and age. My neighbor brought me a box of audio tapes and a short-wave
radio and assured me that this was the Man of God for this hour and that he
was a man of no compromise or false teachings. I was wrestling with a prescription
drug habit and years of disappointment with false teachers and preachers and
wanting to start fresh with my walk with God, this seemed to be a good place
to start. Stair said all the things I wanted to hear a man of God say, no reliance
on drugs and doctors, come out and be separate, live a Holy life without compromise,
Live it by the BOOK !
Ralph uses this fundamental truth to draw in most of his victims as his father
the devil does, mixing truth with lies in just the right proportions . He quickly
begins to under mine your reliance on the unction of the Holy Ghost by casting
doubt upon much of what most Christians take for granted, The Word of God, which
he twist, the leading of the Spirit, which he questions the intent of and tries
to cast doubt upon you with assertions that it is your iniquity( your own will
) and not the Spirits guiding, and your own relationship with the Father with
remarks like , ( you weren't saved right ) which he repeats at regular intervals.
He also tells his entire audience , both at the farm and those listening by
radio that they are not spiritual, even calls them (Peanut brains ) to cast
doubt on any warning the Spirit may be giving to these lost sheep. He often says
, ( I have seen you before and that he has been schooled for this) , I believe
he has, by Satan himself. The Word says that the thief cometh to steal and destroy
and that is what Ralph does systematically, steals and destroys by undermining
the true word of God with twisted interpretations of Gods word.
My first encounter with him was on a visit to Victory community in N.C. where
he was preaching and he began to destroy from the beginning by attacking my
reason for coming and causing me to question my being there in the first place,
this he did from the pulpit to the whole world via the short-wave radio he was
linked to at the time. I was totally taken in by this demoniac as many are and
now in hind sight can see many instances where the Spirit of God was trying
to open my eyes to my error. There is none so blind as those who will not see
and I was one who would not see, He had me right where he wanted me, blind and
deaf to the Spirit of God .
I returned home to N.O.La. and began to listen "religiously" to the
overcomer day and night . Much of what is taught by this heretic is pure truth
you will not hear in the mainstream of Christian teaching. As I allowed this
demon spirit entrance into my heart I had many unctions from the Holy Spirit
but dismissed them as my own iniquity and wrong understanding of scripture. I
will never again allow anyone to convince me that I am not hearing from God. I
thank God for this invaluable lesson and my deliverance from the bondage and
control of R.G. Stair.
My wife, son , and I sold all that we had , bought a travel trailer and moved
to an R.V. park about 3 miles from the overcomer and began to go to Friday night
and Saturday morning Sabbath services. We gave all our money we had accumulated
from the sale of our possessions and all that was left over each month of my
fixed income from disability after expenses to his ministry. After living at
the R.V. Park and visiting on Sabbath for about 2 months I was allowed to work
with some of the brothers doing construction work locally, my entire earnings
were absorbed into the community also. Not long after beginning work with the
brothers in town stair suggested bringing my wife and son to the farm before
going to work each day so they could work on the farm, I saw this as a great
blessing to be allowed to work with the brothers and my family being accepted.
Boy was I blind.
One day shortly thereafter we were sent for, to come pick strawberries at the
farm as it was harvest time and this was the second such invite for me and my
family, the first being to pull weeds in the blueberry patch, I figured this
was a test of humility and we must have passed since we were invited back as
a family. While picking strawberries at the designated spot, away from the rest
of the stairites, Ralph came walking up to us with one of his main cronies and
began to preach in abstract terms and confusing analogies and said" I could
have any woman I wanted", he then turned to my wife and said, " I
could have her if I wanted" . This should illustrate how vexed we were
as we both tried to spiritualize it later that day as we spoke of what was said.
Time would tell what his intent was .
We continued to work on the farm daily for several weeks and Ralph would continually
approach my wife and ask if everything was ok and if she needed anything. He
would smile approvingly at her when ever the opportunity presented itself and
would do the same with me. He always approached her when she and I were apart
and would converse with her briefly and then be on his way.
She came to me one day and told me of a conversation they had and how he asked
how she liked community life and she said that she did and it was a blessing
to be there. He got in the pulpit 3 days later during a Sabbath service and
said that her response was that she would rather be somewhere else and that
she was wicked and full of iniquity. This reduced her to open tears and shame
in the tabernacle and enraged me as I knew it was an out and out lie. We wrestled
with this open accusation all night long and both were disillusioned by this.
When we went to breakfast the next day before beginning work he approached us
in the dining hall and asked if we were ready to move on the farm and said he
had a "Place for us". I guess by not questioning him and his false
accusation we had passed the final test. We were later told by several brothers
and sisters that he would do this to see if you would question him.
We were confused by all this but told by others at the farm that he was testing
us and that it didn't amount to anything more. We moved onto the farm in June
of 2000 and lived in our travel trailer for about a week before he moved us
into a renovated house trailer near his house as he did with many of the female
victims of sexual abuse. Both of our neighbors female occupants, one married
and one single sister were repeatedly solicited for sexual favors we learned later. The one married sister was an ongoing affair that
spanned years. Within
the first week of living in the new dwelling my wife told me at the days end
that stair had paid her a visit while I was away at work ,to see how everything
was going and had given her a hug and a kiss to the forehead before leaving.
After telling me of this encounter we talked it over and decided it was a harmless
gesture and a blessing.
His visits continued and his hugs and jesters escalated into an all out seduction,
at one point after hugging and dropping his hand to her behind then kissing
her on the corner of her mouth if she could keep a secret and smiling as he
left her speechless. This continued for weeks without my knowledge as my wife
was afraid to tell me as she felt guilty even though powerless to stop him.
She later confessed to me that she felt like she had no control when he would
come to her. Bear in mind that we are not talking about a man of any outward
desirable traits , but a scrawny, balding ,toothless, old man with the nature
of a snake. My wife is an attractive 40 year old and he a 69 year old who appears
to be close to 99. This is a spirit of a demon with very strong powers of seduction
and delusion. I realize that my wife was not innocent in this , but neither
was I whose duty it is protect her was also to blame, like all, who allowed
this spirit to take us. I thank God that he was exposed before he could complete
his seduction.
The exposure of this spirit of hell came when he thought he had impregnated
a young sister who was a regular target of this reprobate. Stair began preaching
about repentance in his usual abstract ramblings and referred to his own iniquity
that he was concerned about, without being specific. He informed all that some
of the other Pastors of the other communities were coming and that there would
be a meeting, nothing more, he kept it vague.
After a couple of days of meeting with the other Pastors all the adults at the
farm were called to the tabernacle. None seemed to know why but we were about
to be enlightened. R.G. Stair made a vague confession that he had "defiled
some of the sisters" and that he was asking our forgiveness without even
telling us what he had actually done, no details. A few names were mentioned
but no details were given to the ferocity of his sins. It was sterile, vague
and lacking the truth like all the rest of the bull we were fed on a regular
basis.
When he closed and we began to leave the tabernacle I turned to my wife and
she was teary eyed and red in the face and began to break down and weep uncontrollably.
I put my arm around her and walked her to an adjoining room where we could talk
in private. She told me that she was one of the sisters that stair spoke of,
I was shocked beyond words but did my best not to let her see my revulsion and
asked how far he had gone . She assured me that it had not gone past touching
and fondling on a few occasions but did admit that she felt that had it gone
on unchecked she would have been another one of his conquest, she said she felt
powerless to stop him. I walked straight to the back of the tabernacle where
the Ministering Brothers who were privy to the goings on were meeting after
the confession, damage control. I opened the door to the room and was blocked
by one of his cronies from entering and began to state my case concerning my
wife, no one present had been told about his dealings with my wife and stair
said he didn't think it was worth mentioning since he had told her that it must
stop the day before which he had done fearing further exposure. Not one man in
that room offered a word of encouragement or council , all were in a state of
shock and denial. I turned and walked back to my wife and took her home to begin
the healing that God has given us in this matter.
All the brothers on the Farm were called back to the tabernacle the next day
to hear the whole Truth about what this child of hell had done in detail, the ax version. He had repeatedly "raped the Daughters of
Zion" as one
Brother put it and would have continued had he not been exposed. This was not
a one time slip of the flesh or an isolated case of lust gone array, it was
calculated and orchestrated . He would send brothers off the farm to do a chore
and then go to these young sisters and actually force them to have sex with
him. He offered others promises of marriage if they would have sex with him
. Even going so far as to tell them it was Gods will for them to please him
in this manner. If they refused they were publicly berated and singled out as
being consumed with iniquity. Imagine what these sisters went through, the confusion,
the doubt and shame, thinking they had some way caused this and then after it
all came out he stated on several occasions that it was their fault because
they had a whore spirit on them and this was how it was to be cleansed from
them.
Several of the brothers decided to go on a fast , to pray and seek God as to
what to do next, I did also. During this next 3 days R.G. stair continued to
suggest that the fault was that of us and not him and that we needed to repent,
imagine if you can. Everyone was on automatic, we were all in a state of shock
with everyday exposing even more horrible details. He even went so far as to
forbid us from talking about this amongst ourselves.
It only took me 2 days of fasting and prayer to know that we must go and trust
God as to where to go next. When I made my decision known to Ralph Stair he boldly
announced that I would get back every dime I gave to the ministry. That was
a lie like everything else he said, he returned 5,000.00 of an estimated 10,000.00
+ that we gave but I am thankful for what I did retrieve.
I thank My God for allowing me to be put through this test and trial. I have
learned to be more patient, wait on God and his direction and lean not to my
own understanding as I did in this case .To always try the spirits and to always
listen to that "still small voice". If it doesn't line up with the
Word of God no matter how good it looks, it is dung.
There is a scripture which should be a light concerning community living as
is taught by the stairites, "submit yourselves one to another", the
body of Christ has but one dictator - Jesus Christ. Ralph Stair referred to himself
as the head of the body often.
. It is easy to be lazy and allow someone else to perform that task of leading
you but it will cost you your soul. As many as are led by the Spirit of God,
they are the sons of God! Be led by His Spirit Dear Saints of the Most High
God. There are many wolves in sheep's clothing, R. G. Stair is but one, beware.
We are in a time that the Word says that everything that can be shaken will
be, and if it were not cut short that even the very elect would be deceived.
Take the WHOLE Armor of God and leave nothing to chance.
There is much I have not spoken of in this testimony and I will add to it when
and If The Lord leads.
In Jesus Love : Bro. Randy Drum