The Romans in Spaulding's "Manuscript Found" choose a man to be a minister of Jesus Christ.
Kent Jackson, "Chapter 2," in Manuscript Found: The Complete Original "Spaulding Manuscript" (Provo: BYU Religious Studies Center, 1996), 15
As we all professed The next thing to be done was to to beleive in the religion of Jesus Christ we unanimously chose Trojanus the mate of the ship, a pious good man, to be our minister to lead our devotions every morning & evening & on the Lords day.