history: My mom has been going on about the Southern Baptist Convention lately. I've never been the most religious person.. but I'd like to get closer to her. So, I want to learn more about it.
knowledge: The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is a Christian denomination based in the United States.
response: Well its in the US and its a christian denomination
history: My mom has been going on about the Southern Baptist Convention lately. I've never been the most religious person.. but I'd like to get closer to her. So, I want to learn more about it.
Well its in the US and its a christian denomination
I see.. I kind of gathered that just from her interest. Is there anything more peculiar or obscure, harder to know that you could tell me?
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, did you know that over 15 million people are members? It is also the largest Baptist denomination in the world.
history: My mom has been going on about the Southern Baptist Convention lately. I've never been the most religious person.. but I'd like to get closer to her. So, I want to learn more about it.
Well its in the US and its a christian denomination
I see.. I kind of gathered that just from her interest. Is there anything more peculiar or obscure, harder to know that you could tell me?
Yes, did you know that over 15 million people are members? It is also the largest Baptist denomination in the world.
Interesting.. I wouldn't have guessed that. Is there a reason it's popular?
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: I don't know but the Southern in the name is from 1845. The Baptists in northern and southern states split over slavery and if owners could be a missionary.
history: My mom has been going on about the Southern Baptist Convention lately. I've never been the most religious person.. but I'd like to get closer to her. So, I want to learn more about it.
Well its in the US and its a christian denomination
I see.. I kind of gathered that just from her interest. Is there anything more peculiar or obscure, harder to know that you could tell me?
Yes, did you know that over 15 million people are members? It is also the largest Baptist denomination in the world.
Interesting.. I wouldn't have guessed that. Is there a reason it's popular?
I don't know but the Southern in the name is from 1845. The Baptists in northern and southern states split over slavery and if owners could be a missionary.
Oh, crazy. So it has roots that far back? Is there anything else about the history you can tell me?
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: After the civil war another split happened because the freedman set up black congregations
history: My mom has been going on about the Southern Baptist Convention lately. I've never been the most religious person.. but I'd like to get closer to her. So, I want to learn more about it.
Well its in the US and its a christian denomination
I see.. I kind of gathered that just from her interest. Is there anything more peculiar or obscure, harder to know that you could tell me?
Yes, did you know that over 15 million people are members? It is also the largest Baptist denomination in the world.
Interesting.. I wouldn't have guessed that. Is there a reason it's popular?
I don't know but the Southern in the name is from 1845. The Baptists in northern and southern states split over slavery and if owners could be a missionary.
Oh, crazy. So it has roots that far back? Is there anything else about the history you can tell me?
After the civil war another split happened because the freedman set up black congregations
I gotcha. So it's gone through a few different forms. What's one last thing I could use to show my mother that I've developed an interest in it?
knowledge: Since the 1940s, the Southern Baptist Convention has shifted from some of its regional and historical identification.
response: Since the 1940's the SBC has shifted away from some of the historical identification