Original sentence: It is produced with an amateur cast of over five hundred members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Mormon Church.The mainline LDS church does not believe in the practice of polygamy or unrestricted abortion, but makes allowances for abortion (rape, incest, and endangerment of the mother's life) that many fundamentalist Mormons find objectionable.The pageant is, for Mormon believers, a faith-promoting family event.There are usually several evangelical Christian church groups and youth groups from all over the United States (including some nationally-recognized evangelists and apologists) who evangelize the largely Utah-based and Mormon crowd prior to the nightly event.They usually hand out tracts and engage pageant-goers in religious discussion as they approach the site
Edited sentence: It is produced with an amateur cast of over five hundred members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Mormon Church (members are often called Latter-day Saints or Mormons).The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints does not believe in the practice of polygamy or unrestricted abortion, but makes allowances for abortion (rape, incest, and endangerment of the mother's life) that many fundamentalist Mormons find objectionable.The pageant is, for believers, a faith-promoting family event.There are usually several evangelical Christian church groups and youth groups from all over the United States (including some nationally-recognized evangelists and apologists) who proselyte in the largely Utah-based and Mormon crowd prior to the nightly event.They usually hand out tracts and attempt to engage pageant-goers in religious discussion as they approach the site.While Mormons themselves do not proselyte outside events of other Christian denominations, they will sometimes engage in debate with those attempting to proselyte at events such as this one