The Rev. Corey MeGill Brown on Thursday pleaded not guilty in federal court to a new indictment in the alleged embezzlement of more than $250,000 from Second African Baptist Church, where he was pastor.

"Not guilty, your honor," Brown's attorney Tom Withers told U.S. Magistrate Judge G.R. Smith during a brief arraignment session.

Brown, 46, is scheduled for trial in the case on Dec. 6 before U.S. District Chief Judge Lisa Godbey Wood in Savannah.

He remains free on a $20,000 unsecured bond pending trial.

Brown, former senior pastor at Second African Baptist and Savannah-Chatham police chaplain, is charged in a new indictment with money laundering of funds he allegedly defrauded from the church.

The new charges, contained in an indictment returned Nov. 1, add the money laundering counts to a restructured 97-count indictment returned in May.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Charlie Bourne told Smith the government turned over 2,000 pages of documentary evidence to the defense this week and expected to produce more.

The indictment charges Brown, while serving a senior pastor, opened an account in March 2005 without informing church leaders.

Between March 2005 and February 2014, Brown used the SunTrust Bank account to divert funds from tithes and offerings from church members, the indictment charged.

Brown would then write checks to himself using the account and spend the funds on personal items, according to the indictment. Purchases listed in the indictment were made from retailers such as Victoria's Secret, On Time Fashions and the Saddleback Leather Co.

Further, the indictment charges he concealed his activities from church elders, trustees or board members.

The new indictment alleges that Brown attempted to conceal the actions in the wire and mail fraud counts by using debit cards for purchases. The new indictment reduces mail fraud counts from 12 to nine, Smith said.

Brown had served as a chaplain for the Savannah-Chatham police department from 2010 through 2014, and at one time had an office in the department's Habersham Street headquarters as the coordinator of that program. His role as a chaplain ended immediately after the department became aware of the investigation in December 2014, according to police officials in a statement they released.