SBC (1845-2005) The Southern Baptist Convention is considering changing its name. The convention began in 1845, in a rift among American Baptists over the matter of slavery -- hence the "Southern." But the SBC points out that their fellowship today is a global association, present and growing in the dozens of different countries to which it has spread from its base in the American South. The convention's name, they say, should therefore reflect this new, larger-than-regional reality: "We are no longer a regional influence,'' the Rev. Jack Graham, Southern Baptist president, told the group's executive committee last month. ''We are...