the ends in this case had seemed admirable , once upon a time : the new holy redeemer church ( the old one had been little more than a clapboard shack with a wooden cross on top ) ; the radio station that had saved only god knew how many souls ; the ten percent they tithed - prudently , the contribution checks issued from a bank in the cayman islands - to the lord jesus missionary society , to help what pastor coggins liked to call 'the little brown brothers . '