You can do is to end your membership in The UMC. 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.The Book of Discipline provides that members can be removed from the membership role if they "transfer, die or have withdrawn from membership." If a pastor is informed that a member has without notice united with a church of another denomination, the pastor shall make diligent inquiry. The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church may be ordered from Cokesbury (phone 1-800-.