A minister with mail order credentials was found guilty today of distributing marijuana through his Hollywood church.

The Reverend Craig X Rubin, 41, the leader of the 420 Temple faces up to four years, eight months in prison for possessing marijuana for sale, said Jane Robison, a district attorney's spokeswoman.

Rubin, who has appeared in the marijuana-themed TV show Weeds, and some 400 members of his church say they believe marijuana is a religious sacrament and burn and smoke pot during services.

He said he will not appeal his conviction.

"If my society believes I'm a danger and a threat, it's better off without me," Rubin said in a telephone interview. "Hopefully people will be nice to me inside. I barely ever had a ticket before."

Rubin was ordained in 1990 by the Universal Life Church - which, for a fee, will ordain anyone. He was arrested last autumn and freed after posting $US20,000 ($A23,000) bail.