Cornerstone Church

Cornerstone Nashville
Established	1983
Attended by Scalfanis	2014-2022; 2023-present

Cornerstone Church is a prominent Pentecostal Christian megachurch situated in Nashville, Tennessee. This religious institution is part of the Assemblies of God denomination.

In February 2026, Cornerstone launched a sister location at Jack's former city of Hendersonville, Tennessee.

About Cornerstone

Murderchurch Maury

Maury Davis, an American evangelist with a criminal past, once served as the senior pastor at this church. On 27 January 1975, at the age of 18, Davis was involved in a violent crime where he stabbed and nearly decapitated Jo Ella Liles, a 54-year-old Sunday school teacher. This happened as Davis was looking to purchase Liles' house, getting a look of the place when white paint left over from remodelling work spilled on his shoe, causing him to snap and repeatedly stab Liles with a buck knife, "cutting her throat and severing her carotid artery and windpipe." Davis and his friend Ricky Payne quickly fled the scene in their two-tone Cadillac.

A mailman witnessed the incident unfold and provided investigators with a description of the two men and their car. It was first found that the license plate had been swapped, but the blood-stained Cadillac was regardless located by Captain John Looper, who brushed past Davis passing by, but decided to first get an arrest warrant. Looper knocked on Davis' apartment to find his roommate David Gay, who was apprehensive about telling on Davis, however changing his tone about finding out Davis was suspected for murder. Davis was later arrested at his girlfriend's house, telling Looper: "I don't know, man. I just went fuckin' crazy."

Prosectors attempted to give Davis the death penalty. After Davis blamed the incident on a laundry list of issues, including Satan and drug use (Marijuana was found at his apartment but not hard drugs), he was only ever convicted of manslaughter. After eight-and-a-half years, Davis was released due to overcrowding and good behavior. Having preached the good words of Jesus to fellow prisoners during his sentence, Davis eventually became a born-again pastor. Davis' co-called redemption story has been described as edited and embellished by critics.

Animal abuse

In August 2018, Cornerstone featured a live display of wild animals with the help of Hollywild Animal Park, including a caged lion, for its "Mascot 2018" program to demonstrate fear versus faith. The stunt was condemned by PETA.

Cornerstone and the Scalfanis

Scalfanis join

After moving to Tennessee in June 2014, the Scalfanis began to search for a church. Dissatisfied with many churches in the area, Jack was eventually recommended Cornerstone as an option. On one Wednesday, a friend asked the Scalfanis to drop them off at Cornerstone. Initially not wanting to stay over for the service themselves, the Scalfanis decided to sit down anyway. During the service, Pastor Maury proceeded to talk for five minutes about how "We need to napalm the Palestinians" and Jack fell in love, commending Maury for not being "afraid about who's judging him." Ultimately, the Scalfanis decided to make Cornerstone their home. Jack described quickly befriending many people at the church, deciding to arrive at 4:30AM to help out with the men's breakfast.

In November 2015, Jack promoted Pastor Davis' books on the Cooking with Jack Show. In September 2020, Pastor Maury's son Galen, himself a pastor, conducted Junior and Brianna's wedding. Pastor Galen appeared on a Cooking with Jack video the following month.

Scalfani detour

In February 2022, the Scalfanis left Cornerstone for Long Hollow Church. Jack never commented on this move officially, however multiple theories exist:

• Some theorize Jack had a rift with other churchgoers. A corroboration for this can be found in a Facebook post from 16 January 2022: "Dear Church members, stop acting like gang members. It's embarrassing and it's not very Christlike.󠁾󠁾󠁾󠁾" Due to bad weather that day, there was no in-person church service, with another post from Jack complaining about "how much churchgoers comment during online broadcasts?" It is possible Jack might have clashed with people in the stream chat, however any record for this chat is long lost.

• Alternatively, this might have happened after the Davis family - who the Scalfanis are big fans of - was ousted by the church board, who considered Galen Davis - the heir to the Cornerstone empire - a liability due to his steroid and liquor use. In November 2022, the church's new pastor became Jeremy Austill.

Scalfanis return

In March 2023, after Jack's fifth stroke, the Scalfanis returned to Cornerstone for again unknown reasons. Some believe that Cornerstone's support of faith healing reeled the Scalfanis back in. Jack has since taken a liking to Jeremy, complimenting him for his "mad shoe game". According to a family relative of Jeremy who reached out to Aunt Myrna's Parlour, Jeremy "interacts with [Jack] as if he’s a special needs kid and will maybe like or repost a tweet he makes every now and then".

On 14 July 2025, Junior and Brianna held an oddly empty coed baby shower at Cornerstone. On 19 October 2025, Cornerstone held a baby dedication for the newborn Scalfani child Atreus.

Gallery

Pastors

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  The murderpastor himself, Maury Davis.

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  Jack showing off Pastor Maury's book.

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  Pastor Galen on Cooking with Jack.

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  Cornerstone Nashville's current pastor, Jeremy Austill.

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  Jack lusting after Jeremy's shoes (Yes, he takes random photos during service).

Scalfani appearances

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  Jack, imbued with the power of Christ, "raises" his gimp arm at Cornerstone.

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  Jack and Tammy appearance on a March 2023 promo.

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  Junior appearance on a March 2023 promo.

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  Ditto.

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  Jack and Tammy appearance on a January 2026 promo.

Miscellaneous

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  What, does your church not serve Domino's too?

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  A screencap of the Mascot 2018 service.