Original sentence: In keeping faith with its constituency, whose values may be somewhat more conservative than those of a central, sophisticated elite, while at the same time remaining true to its priorities of liberal Evangelical Protestantism, the United Church has taken a rather difficult middle road.The increasingly inclusive stance has lost it many conservative congregations and members
Edited sentence: An increasingly inclusive stance has lost it many conservative congregations and members.In keeping faith with its constituency, whose values may be somewhat more conservative than those of a central, sophisticated elite, while at the same time remaining true to its priorities of liberal Evangelical Protestantism, the United Church has trodden a rather difficult middle road