You can do is to end your membership in The UMC. _____ Please withdraw my membership with the understanding that, at any time in the future, I may have my membership reinstated._____ I now live in. 1. In the sample letter, fill in your personal information. The 2004 General Conference redefined membership in the United Methodist. Church. It abolished the old classifications – Full Members and Preparatory. Keep in mind that inactive members are still professing members until removed and still have vote in the governing of the local church. 2.1 Location and Features . A family member of a person described in (a) above? The men were granted land as tenants of the.