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[{"role": "system", "content": "The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is a Christian denomination based in the United States. 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. 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. 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. Others joined new African-American denominations, chiefly the African Methodist Episcopal Church, which was established in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the early 19th century, as the first independent black denomination in the United States. Since the 1940s, the Southern Baptist Convention has shifted from some of its regional and historical identification.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I belong to the Southern Baptist Convention which is a Christian denomination based in the United States."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I see, I am a little familiar with them. What makes southern baptist different from other denominations?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It was organizaed in Augusta Georgia in 1845 by Baptists in the South who split from the northern Baptists over slavery issues."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Wow, that's actually super interesting. So from what I understand isn't the southern baptist convention a group of churches that organize and help each other?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes those who are Baptists today differ from  on e another in what they believe and how they worship and their attitudes towards other Christians but they do help others"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Were the southern baptists, the ones organized in Augusta, the ones who were against slavery?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The issue was more about whether southern slave owners could serve as missionaries."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Okay. I think I was getting convention confused with southern baptist association earlier. My apologies. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "No problem. Since the 40's the convention has shifted from some of its regional and historical identification"}, {"role": "user", "content": "So is the convention made up of multiple churches or is it just primarily individual members?"}]