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== Business ventures ==
Their carpet-cleaning business, "Christian Brothers Carpet Cleaning", was the inspiration for ''[[Seinfeld]]''{{'}}s "Sunshine Carpet Cleaning Cult".<ref name="accuses"/><ref name="un">{{cite book |last=Dunn |first=Brad |author2=Daniel Hood |title=New York: the unknown city |publisher=arsenal pulp press |location=146 |year=2004 |isbn=1-55152-161-X|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0_1XSKlng9gC&q=%22church+of+bible+understanding%22&pg=PT118}}</ref> They also started a used-van business as a commercial venture.<ref name="accuses"/><ref>{{cite web |last=Yglesias |first=Linda |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/cleaners-handle-rugs-religion-shagging-souls-la-tv-seinfeld-article-1.734162 |title=Cleaners Handle Rugs and Religion Shagging Souls a la TV's Seinfeld |work=[[New York Daily News]] |date=December 8, 1996 |accessdate=June 22, 2015}}</ref>

The group's only successful venture is '''Olde Good Things''', New York City-based retail stores selling architectural salvage goods and antiques. In 2017, the stores funnelled<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-01-05 |title=The “New Property.” |url=https://cobustories.wordpress.com/the-new-property/ |access-date=2026-01-09 |website=COBU Stories |language=en}}</ref> $6.8 million to the Church of Bible Understanding, according to the nonprofit's tax filing for that year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2020/02/22/haiti-orphanage-ravaged-by-deadly-fire-linked-to-cult-known-for-nyc-antique-stores/|title = Haiti orphanage ravaged by deadly fire linked to 'cult' known for NYC antique stores|date = 23 February 2020}}</ref>

In the 1990s, Stewart and wife Gayle ran '''S&G Photographic Equipment'''  in Philadelphia, PA. They sold professional large and medium format cameras, lighting equipment, film, photographic chemicals and paper, and other equipment. Their catalog reached customers on their mailing list by postal mail. <ref>{{Cite web |date=January 1, 2013 |title=COBU Stories The “New Property” |url=https://cobustories.wordpress.com/the-new-property/}}</ref>