Original sentence: Bethel has grown to have over 10% of the population as members, including the mayor, who serves on the Board of Elders, and with this growth, the church's influence in the city has increased, with a mixed reception, which a number of news articles have reported on.In 2018, a direct flight from Redding to Los Angeles was opened, and Bethel Church used their business relationship with the airline as leverage and committed $450,000 to a revenue guarantee fund needed to operate the line.Many of the students have stayed afterwards and some have started businesses.Redding is a small city in California with 90,000 residents, and is among the state's poorest with a high unemployment rate and high crime rate.The church has brought in many young people for the school that clean the streets and do pro bono work
Edited sentence: Bethel has grown to have over 10% of the population as members, including the mayor (which is a huge conflict of seperation of church and state), who serves on the Board of Elders, and with this growth, the church's influence in the city has increased, much to the dismay to Redding natives, which a number of news articles have reported on.Many of the students have become destitute or even homeless.Redding is a small city in California with 90,000 residents, and is among the state's poorest with a high unemployment rate and high crime rate, which hasn't gotten better due to Bethel buying up all the residential areas and only renting out to Bethel Students and Members.The church has brought in many young people for the school that go around Redding harassing anyone they can get their hands on.They continue to poor money into Redding so they can control it.They try and resurrect dead children, even going so far as to say lie to the coroner's office in order to get to the body In 2018, a direct flight from Redding to Los Angeles was opened, and Bethel Church used their business relationship with the airline as leverage and committed $450,000 to a revenue guarantee fund needed to operate the line