history: my mom wants to go to Southern Baptist Convention and she wants me to join her. Do you know anything about it?
knowledge: With more than 15 million members , it is the world's largest Baptist denomination, the largest Protestant denomination in the United States, and the second-largest Christian denomination in the United States after the Catholic Church.
response: Yes, I know that it's the largest Baptist denomination in the world.
history: my mom wants to go to Southern Baptist Convention and she wants me to join her. Do you know anything about it?
Yes, I know that it's the largest Baptist denomination in the world.
really? that's crazy. I wanna learn more
knowledge: The word ''Southern'' in Southern Baptist Convention stems from it having been organized in 1845 at Augusta, Georgia, by Baptists in the Southern United States who split with northern Baptists over the issue of slavery, specifically whether Southern slave owners could serve as missionaries.
response: It was originally one thing, but a split occurred around 1845 over slavery. So we've now got the North and South.
history: my mom wants to go to Southern Baptist Convention and she wants me to join her. Do you know anything about it?
Yes, I know that it's the largest Baptist denomination in the world.
really? that's crazy. I wanna learn more
It was originally one thing, but a split occurred around 1845 over slavery. So we've now got the North and South.
interesting. so on what day do southern baptists worship, do you know?
knowledge: Since the 1940s, the Southern Baptist Convention has shifted from some of its regional and historical identification.
response: I'm not exactly sure, but the Southern Baptists have shifted from some of their original historical and regional identification, since the 1940s, at least.
history: my mom wants to go to Southern Baptist Convention and she wants me to join her. Do you know anything about it?
Yes, I know that it's the largest Baptist denomination in the world.
really? that's crazy. I wanna learn more
It was originally one thing, but a split occurred around 1845 over slavery. So we've now got the North and South.
interesting. so on what day do southern baptists worship, do you know?
I'm not exactly sure, but the Southern Baptists have shifted from some of their original historical and regional identification, since the 1940s, at least.
what historical shifts?
knowledge: After the American Civil War, another split occurred when most freedmen set up independent black congregations, regional associations, and state and national conventions, such as the National Baptist Convention, which became the second-largest Baptist convention by the end of the 19th century.
response: I don't exactly know, but they had another split after the Civil War, when most freedmen left to form other organizations.