9:30am Traditional Worship Service

·       There was persecution from Jewish authorities

o   Rejection of the teachings of Jesus were considered heretical

o   Christians were arrested, tried and executed for blasphemy such as the case of Stephen in Acts 7.

Christians were excommunicated from the synagogue because of their beliefs which made it difficult for them to practice their faith and led to social isolation preventing them from employment opportunities, created family abandonment and the inability to exchange any type of service for food or shelter