I belong to the Southern Baptist Convention which is a Christian denomination based in the United States.
I see, I am a little familiar with them. What makes southern baptist different from other denominations?
It was organizaed in Augusta Georgia in 1845 by Baptists in the South who split from the northern Baptists over slavery issues.
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?
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
Were the southern baptists, the ones organized in Augusta, the ones who were against slavery?
The issue was more about whether southern slave owners could serve as missionaries.
Okay. I think I was getting convention confused with southern baptist association earlier. My apologies. 
No problem. Since the 40's the convention has shifted from some of its regional and historical identification
So is the convention made up of multiple churches or is it just primarily individual members?