This letter is my formal resignation from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and it is effective immediately. A notarized letter is proof that you are the one asking for removal and the new handbook procedures do not include the 30-day "cool off.An attorney for the church says Naugle and QuitMormon. Com have sent too many fraudulent requests, including one for Thomas S. Monson, the late church president. On this site you will find a sample resignation letter. When you resign, you can use that letter exactly as it is, you can edit it to fit your own tastes. The Bureaucratic name removal process is of relatively recent vintage; it used to be that the only path off the rolls was excommunication. This notarized letter is my formal resignation from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints and is effective immediately. Any children born to a couple after one or both of them have resigned their membership or had their Church membership withdrawn are not born in the covenant. Since 1989, members of the Church desiring to resign or withdraw have had the option of having their names removed from the rolls, upon request.