A simple letter of resignation is sufficient to leave. Some have concluded that a church member needs permission from the elders to leave a church.We must sometimes encourage the congregation to permit members to leave. Even if we don't fully agree with their reasons for leaving. This letter is to inform you that I have terminated my membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Here in Florida there is a state statute which addresses suspending or terminating a member of a nonprofit corporation. A cease and desist is either a legal order or a nonbinding letter demanding that the recipient stop illegal or allegedly illegal activity. The man calling himself Clark Rockefeller blew the lid off a lifelong con game which had culminated with his posing as a scion of the famous dynasty.