Do you want new ways to welcome members into your church? Check out these top church membership welcome letter templates and best practices."Transferring your letter" is more of a perfunctory act between churches who are merely shuffling members as though they are numbers on a score board. It's a good idea to find out what the process is at the church you're wanting to be a member of. In the church's membership, then, non-Christians should see in the lives of God's changed people that God is holy and gracious and that his gospel is powerful. There are other evidences to support local church membership in the Scriptures. Dear Pastor So-and-So. I won't be in church for several months.