If a pastor is informed that a member has without notice united with a church of another denomination, the pastor shall make diligent inquiry. You can do is to end your membership in The UMC.The court also ruled that the local church could not revoke that trust. The Book of Discipline provides that members can be removed from the membership role if they "transfer, die or have withdrawn from membership." The church trial initially was scheduled Aug. 21-25 at First United Methodist Church of Pasadena, California, within the jurisdiction. If the member does not comply with any of the available alternatives over a period of two years, the member's name may be removed. Read CaliforniaNevada Annual Conference of United Methodist Church v. City and County of San Francisco, 173 Cal.App. Your membership in the church is voluntary according to the law.