“They Should Be Priests and Teachers”
Initially the Nephites did not have the full government of the Church; that would unfold as their numbers warranted it. Nevertheless we observe that the prerogative to teach or preach the gospel was not assumed save one was properly called.
The idea that “a man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by those who are in authority, to preach the Gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof” (Articles of Faith 1:5) is equally true in all gospel dispensations. The Lord’s house is always one of order.