He were a laid back Lutheran and thought them a bit over zealous.
Then your laid back Lutheran Grandpa didn’t know what he was talking about. Fr4eewill Baptists wash feet in their churches. The only footwashing I’ve ever been subjected to in my Southern Baptist church building is when I shower after playing sports or working out in the family recreation center.
Your late grandpa didn’t know many Southern Baptists.
We don’t wash anyone’s feet, except our own.
Thank goodness we do that, though. lol
Gramps was uninformed. There might be some small Baptist group that does foot-washing, but that’s more in line with Pentecostals. Definitely not SBC or any mainstream Baptist group.
As far as over-zealous... My ex-husband was Lutheran, and when we attended his church I was tempted to hold a mirror to the mouths of the congregation just to see if they were breathing. I mean... why bother going?
Southern Baptists neither footwash, nor speak in tongues, as a church. I have known some individuals do the later privately, but never have I known a ‘footwasher’