[2] According to Stuart Ivison and Fred Rosser: "By 1638 there were also congregations of ‘Particular’ Baptists, who held that the Atonement was of particular application, i.e., for the sake of the elect only.
[2] This was a surprising change as the term regular initially described the opposing position to the Free Baptists (i.e., particular atonement).
This happened as a result of the strict view of communion they took which held that individuals must be baptized prior to partaking of the Lord's Table.
[2] Between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Northern Baptist Convention was polluted by individuals who were adopting the higher-critical theories of German theologians.
It was succeeded in 1957 by the Association of Regular Baptist Churches of Ontario, Canada, which continues to uphold closed communion teaching and practice.