You'll need to send the letter to 3 recipients: Your Bishop; The Stake President, and finally to; LDS Membership Records in Salt Lake City. 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. This notarized letter is my formal resignation from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints and is effective immediately. They want to resign their church membership without having to interact with a bishop or any other lay leader. I joined TNPC last month; however, I still need to write the letter officially terminating my membership at my parents' Methodist Church. On November 24, 2002, the Church published an open letter in the Salt Lake. On November 24, 2002, the Church published an open letter in the Salt Lake. Dear Chairman Board of Elders,. I am writing to withdraw my membership from Grace Community Church.