Sounds good to me. If we want to start all together, then I think it would be pretty reasonable for my character to start off with Robert's, both seem to have similar ideals.
We could actually work as a pretty good team(and put some of mothman's and the churche's) fears at ease, my character is more towards the neutral side so I could keep you from becoming -too- over zealous(though I know that wasn't such a problem in real earth history) while you could help me maintain that same fervor.
Sort of a balance on both sides of the scale while working towards the same ideal. Would be a good way to determine 'heretics' a bit more... I don't want to say accurately, but that the idea.
As for a special item, I hadn't thought of it much. I dropped the extra cash on a silver holy symbol instead of a normal wooden one. Perhaps it is jeweled? A family heirloom or the like?