The conversation should include why the person is making that decision. Write a letter to or call the church's office and ask to withdraw membership and remove your information from their records.Associate membership will normally terminate immediately upon the ending of the period of temporary residence in the Montgomery area. We must sometimes encourage the congregation to permit members to leave. Even if we don't fully agree with their reasons for leaving. Now called Holt Street Memorial Baptist, the church is still active today within the Montgomery community though no longer at its original location. I urge church members to stop voting to approve the "transfer of a letter" for any member who is not leaving on commendable terms. We want to give you the tools you need to take your next steps on your journey to Know God, Find Freedom, Discover Purpose, and Make a Difference. A former president of the Alabama Baptist Convention, his Montgomery church had more than 3,000 members. The church had canceled without checking with him.