Ĭhurches affiliated with the denomination are evangelical in doctrine and practice, emphasizing the significance of the individual conversion experience, which is affirmed by the person having complete immersion in water for a believer's baptism. Since the 1940s, it has spread across the United States, having member churches across the country and 41 affiliated state conventions. In 1995, the organization apologized for its history. During the 19th and most of the 20th century, it played a central role in Southern racial attitudes, supporting racial segregation and the Lost Cause of the Confederacy while opposing interracial marriage. In 1845 the Southern Baptists separated from the Triennial Convention in order to support slavery, which the southern churches regarded as "an institution of heaven". It is the world's largest Baptist denomination, and the largest Protestant and second-largest Christian denomination in the United States. The Southern Baptist Convention ( SBC), alternatively the Great Commission Baptists ( GCB), is a Baptist Christian denomination based in the United States.
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