Paragraph 26.9
Of the Second London Baptist Confession of Faith
The way appointed by Christ for the calling of any person, fitted and gifted by the Holy Spirit, unto the office of bishop or elder in a church, is, that he be chosen thereunto by the common suffrage of the church itself;1 and solemnly set apart by fasting and prayer, with imposition of hands of the eldership of the church, if there be any before constituted therein;2 and of a deacon that he be chosen by the like suffrage, and set apart by prayer, and the like imposition of hands.3