{"id":13833,"date":"2020-06-09T13:52:02","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T17:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/?p=13833"},"modified":"2020-06-09T13:52:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T17:52:02","slug":"christians-wash-the-feet-of-peaceful-black-protestors-ask-for-forgiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2020\/06\/christians-wash-the-feet-of-peaceful-black-protestors-ask-for-forgiveness","title":{"rendered":"Christians Wash the Feet of Peaceful Black Protestors, Ask For Forgiveness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A group of white police officers and other members of the community came together to wash the feet of black protestors and faith leaders, while also asking for forgiveness.<\/p>\n<p>For Christians, foot washing is a ritual of humility. Jesus\u2019 choice to wash the feet was to make a point about humble service towards others.<\/p>\n<p>The scene took place in Cary, North Carolina where, during Black Lives Matter demonstrations and a group of white Christians came together to wash the feet of those protesting, while offering a prayer repenting for the sins inflicted on black people as a whole.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">White protesters wash the feet of black protest organizers and beg for forgiveness in Cary, North Carolina. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SbZFZjbOLq\">pic.twitter.com\/SbZFZjbOLq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stillgray\/status\/1269710294546124800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n\u201cWe really need to have action now, not just prayer,\u201d said Shara Chalmers of Love Wins Ministry. \u201cIt was an incredible movement of unity and there was such a presence of Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shara and her husband Daniel who are traveling preachers with Love Wins Ministry told CBN that they had received a vision from God that sparked the idea to offer foot washing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was distraught and kept having visions of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the unity walk that he did, linking arms, brother to brother as they sang in the streets of Washington, DC, \u2018We Shall Overcome,\u2019\u201d Shara said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Lord said, \u2018I want a unity walk but I want you to call Dr. Faith Wokoma,\u201d she also said.<\/p>\n<p>While protestors peacefully marched alongside the foot washing, they sang \u201cWe Shall Overcome\u201d and \u201cAmazing Grace,\u201d Christian Headlines reports. Police chiefs from the towns of Morrisville, Apex, and Cary, as well as Cary Mayor Harold Weinbrecht joined the protestors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo Christian police chiefs wanted to be part of the foot washing and Dr. Faith chose to do it at the steps of the police station,\u201d Shara said, \u201cas a prophetic sign that authority and those in leadership will model what Jesus did, which was servant leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As protests continue and the need for race reconciliation, Shara encouraged the church to keep fighting the good fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the church\u2019s greatest hour,\u201d she said. \u201cWe cannot miss our moment to become the answer to ending slavery, which is love. Serving our brothers and sisters feet\u2014standing in the gap when there are police officers. 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