FOOTWASHING AMONG THE BAPTISTS
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Foot Washing Among the Baptists – Short Summary
General Baptists (especially early English and some American groups) often practiced foot washing as a literal ordinance, citing John 13. Leaders like Thomas Grantham defended it as a command of Christ.
Particular Baptists (Calvinistic) rejected it as an ordinance, viewing it only as an example of humility, not a continuing church rite. This view was consistent with the 1689 Confession and upheld by figures like John Gill and Benjamin Keach.
The Welsh Tract Church originally practiced foot washing (per Morgan Edwards) but abandoned it by the early 1800s as it aligned with confessional Particular Baptist norms.
Primitive Baptists (19th-century Old School) revived foot washing as a third ordinance, and many still practice it today during communion services.
Some Baptist associations (e.g., Yellow River, Towaliga) experienced disagreements or transitions over the practice, but most non-Primitive groups let it fade quietly.