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?
Largest worlds baptist denomination with over 15 million members 
Interesting.. I wouldn't have guessed that. Is there a reason it's popular?
Southern baptist split with northern baptist over the issue of slavery and if slave owners could be missionarys
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?
Since the 1940's the SBC has shifted away from some of the historical identification