1.   Their first choice was John Danforth of Missouri, an ordained Protestant minister.

2.   Five community leaders and a Protestant minister met to discuss the problem of loyalist violence.

3.   A couple of Protestant ministers were runners-up.

4.   A daughter of a Protestant minister, Ms. Murphy spent her early childhood following her family on worldwide missions until they settled in Bellingham, Wash.

5.   David Trimble, the Protestant first minister of the Assembly, insists that the IRA has to start disarming before Sinn Fein is given ministerial positions in the Assembly.

6.   David Trimble, the Protestant top minister of the legislature, drove to Dublin to see and consult with the prime minister of the Irish Republic.

7.   Easterners had no trouble recognizing characters like a troubled dissident, an idealistic Protestant minister and a deeply cynical Stasi agent.

8.   For instance, members of the Georgia General Assembly start each day of their legislative session with a sermon and prayer, usually by a Protestant minister.

9.   Fundamentalist Protestant ministers, who have made significant inroads in Brazil in recent years, complain vociferously that he has copied their preaching style and even their musical repertory.

10.   In a sober speech laced with bitterness, Hastert stood before his hushed colleagues and defended his initial decision to select a Protestant minister over a Roman Catholic priest.