 Goodman also took an early interest in church activities as a youth , participating in a boys ' brotherhood group and Sunday school and becoming a member of Tioga Presbyterian Church at age 14 , an event he described as " the most important step I ever took or ever will take in my life . " Just barely out of his teens , Goodman became a popular and highly respected Sunday school teacher and led the Philadelphia chapter of a young men 's group called the Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip . 
