The Separates and Baptists of New England, despite their common origins, were finding it difficult to coexist. At a synod in Stonington, Connecticut, in 1754, Separates decided to ban Baptists from their churches.36 Backus also became convinced that a mixed communion of Baptists and supporters of infant baptism was unsustainable. This determination drove him toward founding a new Baptist church in 1756.
