*YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS HERE.
*THE DATE YOU ARE WRITING THIS LETTER,
*YOUR BISHOP'S NAME AND ADDRESS HERE. Dear Bishop (*INSERT HIS LAST NAME IF YOU HAVE
IT):
(I was baptized a member of the LDS church
on ___ in the __________Ward, _________________Stake.) I want you to
remove my name from the rolls of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. I no longer consider my self a member of this church. (I expect
that you will NOT excommunicate me as I have done nothing to warrant this.
From now on I do not want anyone to visit me or call me on the phone. I do
not want any contact with you and/or your members. If there is a "Bishop's
Court" I do not want an invitation nor will I attend it.).
**USE THE SENTENCES IN PARENTHESES IF THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT.
**
**INSERT HERE, IF YOU WISH, THE REASONS FOR YOUR
ACTION**
I expect to have a letter from you in 4 to 5 weeks
showing that my name has been removed from the Church rolls. Thank you for
your prompt handling of this.
Sincerely,
YOUR SIGNATURE HERE
*NOTE: Please revise this suggested resignation
letter format to fit your needs. If there is more than one of you then be
sure to change the pronouns (I & me to we & us). After you send your
letter in you may get someone that will try to block your request. This
can take many forms. The most prevalent is to just ignore your letter, and
another is to say they have to wait for your records to come in. This may
or may not be the case and you will have to determine if someone is stalling
you. An attempt may also be made to try to talk to you. Do this if
you feel very comfortable in doing so, it is YOUR CHOICE, NOT the
Bishop's or someone he may send. I have heard of cases where only under
the threat of a lawsuit was action taken on the letter sent. In some cases
more than one letter was needed. Keep in mind it is your choice to resign,
not the Mormon Church's. If you are delayed and stalled it is also your choice
to push it as hard as you want. But in all cases be polite, but
firm. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Member
and Statistical Records Division, Thirteenth Floor, 50 East North Temple
Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 John Farkas let/resiglt
(This is the bishop of the ward, congregation, that covers the area you
live in. If you do not Know his name just write--bishop, And then the
address. It can usually be found in the yellow Pages of your phone
book under "churches". If you are not sure call one of the numbers, you
don't have to tell them why you want the information.)
Also include the Ward,
Stake and date of your baptism. This probably will be needed if you no
longer live in the area where you became a Mormon or do not know the
Bishop.
Others have suggested
contacting the following,
Contact
person: Gregory W. Dodge, Supervisor, ( maybe he has move on and the new contact
is a Mr. Harorough as of 2/9/99), Phone 801-240-3500 Ext.
1462. Explain that you've already contacted your bishop and stake
president, and that they have not been responsive. (Be sure to mention the name
of your ward/stake.) At the bottom of the letter put a cc: with the names
of your bishop and stake president, and send copies of the letter to each of
them. This will put them on notice of the step you are taking to others. Others
I know of have found that the SLC Membership Records Dept. is very cooperative
in situations like this.
Berean Christian
Ministries; P.O. Box 1091; Webster, NY 14580
E-mail:
bcmmin@frontiernet.net
Web page:
http://www.frontiernet.net/~bcmmin
web\resiglt.wpd
12-18-92
Rev 12-4-99