Original sentence: It was this act which, the committee believed, allowed the Church to accept as office bearers those who did not believe in a literal virgin birth of Christ (for example).There is sometimes confusion because the church contains a significant number of former members of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand who have sought a more theologically conservative alternative
Edited sentence: It was this act which, the committee believed, allowed the Church to accept as office bearers, those who did not believe in a literal virgin birth of Christ (for example) when they subscribed to the Westminster Confession.There is sometimes confusion because the church contains a significant  number of former members of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand who have sought a more theologically conservative alternative