Katie, You did a good job on the Primitive Baptist. The Elders are ordained ministers. The foot washing is practice by all members just like the Lord's Supper; however, the men wash the men's feet and the women wash the women's feet. They not only sing a cappella their music has only for notes and has shaped notes. I have my Mother's songbook and my grandparent's conference minutes dating back into the mid-1800s. Grandpa always said that Jacob Myers came out of the Palatine area because of religious persecution. Of course, he was just repeating oral history. The last time I drove my Granny and Grandpa to church they had a foot washing. One of my sweetest memories of them, is seeing all those little old bent, white-haired people kneeling and washing each other's feet. Humility and love shone. The church folded when the last of the old people died, but in the past couple of years some of the descendants have collected money and restored the church. I plan to go tomorrow afternoon to a service by a visiting Elder. I grew up in the Primitive Baptist Church, but it is to strict for me. However, I do agree with their doctrine. It is very close to the Presbyterian doctrine. Bobbye