Original sentence: Once it was clear that the takeover strategy was successful, the "new" Southern Baptist Convention leadership began addressing social views such as abortion, race, religious liberty and church-state separation, and women in ministry in ways that ran against the dominant views of American culture
Edited sentence: Once it was clear that the denomination was firmly rerouted toward conservative Bible-based evangelicalism, Southern Baptist leaders began addressing social views such as abortion, race, religious liberty and church-state separation, and women in ministry in ways that ran against the dominant views of American culture