Pastor and Prophet Brian Carn did not see prison in his future, now he is going to prison after cheating IRS on taxes in amount of $600,000. Maybe he can preach to inmates in lockup
Pastor and Prophet Brian Carn has churches in North Carolina and Jacksonville, Florida. Pastor Brian pled guilty to tax evasion in 2026 and was sentenced to 9 months in prison.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Pastor Brian Carn operated a ministry under various names, including Healing House Ministries, Inc., Brian Carn Ministries, Inc., and Kingdom Culture City Churches.
In 2016, Carn filed his tax return for 2015 that properly reported that he earned more than $1.4 million in income and owed more than $600,000 in taxes. He did not pay those taxes to the IRS and instead came up with a scheme to deceive the IRS.
A few months later the IRS attempted to collect his unpaid taxes by placing liens on his properties and attempting to levy his bank accounts. Pastor Carn amended his 2015 tax return and falsely removed nearly $1.3 million in income that he previously reported.
To accomplish this, Pastor Carn hired a new accountant and provided him with a fictitious, backdated employment agreement that provided for an annual salary of $120,000 and an annual parsonage allowance of $24,000.
In the following years, Pastor Carn drastically under reported his true income. In 2020, Pastor Carn stopped filing tax returns, despite continuing to earn income by using ministry funds to pay for personal expenses.
When the IRS was trying to collect the outstanding taxes, Pastor Carn made a number of false representations and material omissions to the IRS to conceal his assets and income.
Pastor Carn’s obstruction caused a loss to the United States of between $550,000 and $1,500,000. In 2025 Pastor Carn was arrested for tax evasion.
In 2026 Pastor Carn pleaded guilty to tax crimes and was sentenced to 9 months in a low security prison.
