You can always write a formal letter to your local church board stating your request and the reasons why. Membership is controlled at the local level.I joined TNPC last month; however, I still need to write the letter officially terminating my membership at my parents' Methodist Church. If a pastor is informed that a member has without notice united with a church of another denomination, the pastor shall make diligent inquiry. _____ I do not intend to return to ______, please remove my name from the membership rolls of. Any person, including someone who is not a member of the United Methodist Church, can file a complaint against a Methodist minister. Around age sixteen, joined Methodist church and was local preacher. Lutheran, Methodist, Church of the Nazarene, Presbyterians, and Unitarians comprised the largest number of congregations. The Protestants entered Utah with.