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Wes said:
However, have you considered what you might do if the board of the church corrected these matters.

If all of the children are backslidden, the wife is a malicious gossip, and the preacher does not know how to handle the Scriptures, then the whole family needs to go. Unless Henry thinks that it is possible that "the board" (whatever that is) is willing to boot them out of the church, then there is no reason for him to stay.