Standard procedure for the church. On this site you will find a sample resignation letter.When you resign, you can use that letter exactly as it is, you can edit it to fit your own tastes. I joined TNPC last month; however, I still need to write the letter officially terminating my membership at my parents' Methodist Church. Write a letter to your bishop and explain you want to be removed from the membership rolls of the church. Mail it or give it to him. This notarized letter is my formal resignation from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints and is effective immediately. Dear Chairman Board of Elders,. I am writing to withdraw my membership from Grace Community Church. Create and write an official letter to announce your departure from a church.