According to persecutors, Dallas Montgomery Majewski, the president of an Evansville, IN ministry, stole hundreds of thousands of dollars. Law enforcement arrested the man under a warrant Monday. They say he was involved in orchestrating a brazen theft scheme. According to an attorney for the defendant, neither he nor Majewski were notified about the charges ahead of time.
The alleged scheme, brought the pastor more than $500,000, multiple luxury cars, pricey jewelry, and high-dollar suits. Majewski, 62, was booked in Vanderburgh County jail just after 10:15 a.m. He served as president of the nonprofit Disciples of Christ Ministries. According to Vanderburgh County Superior Court records, Majewski faces 30 counts of theft, each a Level 6 felony.
He was reported to detectives on June 24, after concerns mounted about Majewski’s financial dealings with the nonprofit. Disciples of Christ Ministries board members conducted their investigation before turning over evidence to the police. Det. Nathan VanCleave, of the Evansville Police Department, explained the background to the arrest in an affidavit.
He said, “They became concerned when Dallas (Majewski) began wearing fancy suits, wearing Rolexes, and driving a Maserati and brand new Corvette.” The investigation into the financial improperly was extensive. According to the detective, police served 18 subpoenas and warrants on “dozens of bank accounts, credit cards, and loans involving DCUSA (Disciples of Christ Ministries).”
The investigation discovered that Majewski allegedly stole at least $576,963 from DCUSA. According to authorities, Majewski stole the funds between January 2020 and July through a combination of unjustified and unauthorized payments to himself. He founded the ministry nearly a decade ago with his ex-wife. According to the website, the ministry had humble beginnings.
” We are anything but traditional. [We] started an outreach in August of 2007 called Restore Outreach Ministries with the thought that Jesus left the 99 to go after the one. The ministry focused on Celebrate Recovery and offered a cooking class. It didn’t take long before Restore grew to the point that it organically gave birth to a church” they say
They went on to say, “We wanted our church to be different. There’s a church on nearly every corner and of every flavor in Evansville. Our goal was to create a home for the beat-up, battered, shattered, and broken. A place without judgment where all were welcome, especially those who had been rejected by other churches.” The website also explains the purpose of the DCUSA ministry.
A description says, “In partnership with The Gathering Church, D.O.C. provides safe affordable housing to those in the beginning stages of their transformed lives. Our mission is to serve the weak, the weary, and the forgotten.
We exemplify this mission in many various ways day to day, but particularly in transitional housing and strategic partnerships with other organizations.”
While the scandal has rocked the community, the Church still maintains a hopeful message: “Jesus Christ is at the center of everything. We believe that Jesus is the only one who can reconcile us to God. He lived a sinless and exemplary life, died on the cross in our place, and rose again to prove His victory and empower us for life. We believe that Jesus Christ is coming back again as He promised.”