Pastor Stole $400k from Church, Gets 5 Years in Prison
- Buck Webb
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Published February 24, 2026 at 11:30 PM EDT
Adrian Davis was a lead pastor at All Nations Worship Assembly in Alabama.
HUNTSVILLE, AL — Adrian Derrell Davis, 42, who served as a lead pastor and paid marketing consultant for All Nations Worship Assembly (ANWA), was sentenced to five years in prison for embezzling more than $400,000 in ANWA funds over the years for personal purposes without authorization.
Davis pleaded guilty to wire fraud and filing a false tax return.
According to the information and plea agreement, from 2018 to 2020, Davis used his position as pastor to embezzle approximately $434,339 from ANWA.
For example, in 2018, Davis used $30,920 in Church funds to purchase an Audi A7. In 2019, Davis used $45,982 in Church funds to purchase a 2016 GMC Yukon. He also used Church funds to make 41 payments totaling $117,000 to satisfy the balance of his personal American Express card. Purchases that Davis made on this card included luxury items totaling $4,970.15 at Louis Vuitton and $5,300.00 at Flight Club, a shoe store in New York.
In 2020, Davis used Church funds to pay a balance of $18,530 on a credit card that he had used to purchase jewelry. He also made additional payments from Church funds to his personal American Express card that totaled over $151,000. Items purchased that were paid with Church funds included a $29,900 purchase from Hublot, a $28,000 purchase from Peter Marco, and a $6,022.50 purchase from Louis Vuitton.
None of these payments or purchases were authorized or approved by the Church.
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