Some members are uncomfortable with new approaches to music, food or worship days.
Some feel pressured to adopt new practices before they have resolved the issues. Unfortunately, some stay at home rather than face the stress. By the time Paul wrote Romans, about 50,000 Jews lived in Rome, a city of about one million people. They were brought to Rome as slaves, and they achieved the right to meet in synagogues on Saturday and to worship their God. This is in contrast to religious Romans who worshiped their gods daily in their homes.