i sing in the church choir.
[{"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": "user", "content": "have you ever heard of the southern baptist convention?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I have heard of it, it is Christian denomination based in the United States. How familiar are you with it?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "not at all. i didnt know what the word convention means here so i am clueless. was hoping you could help lol"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Convention has multiple meanings, but in this case it is simply meaning \"meeting\". Think of it as if the Southern Baptist (group) are having a Convention (meeting). In this case I would also add that its a regular convention, not just a one time event."}, {"role": "user", "content": "ohh okay thank you so much. so what goes on in a southern baptist convention"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It is one of the largest Baptist denominations in the world and is a convention that you should relate to what a Church does. It allows for a meeting of a group of people with the same beliefs to practice their religion and to have a community."}, {"role": "user", "content": "oh coool! so when did the southern baptist convention first start?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It originated during the year 1845 and, you guessed it, in the southern state of Georgia (hence its name). Believe it or not, there was actually some controversy between the north and south at that time with the issue of slavery. This caused a split between the Baptist group's population leading to the \"Southern\" group to be originated."}]