2016 Wesleyan Discipline: 590-592

590. When any member requests a letter of recommendation to some other denomination, the pastor and local church secretary shall grant it on the proper form provided in 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:6030, if the member is neither under discipline nor under charges. Such a person’s membership in the local church granting the letter shall cease immediately, and the secretary shall enter opposite the member’s name, the date and Withdrawn by letter of recommendation. 592. When any member requests a letter of withdrawal, the pastor and local church secretary shall grant it on the proper form provided in 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:6040. The secretary shall enter on the record book (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:610), opposite the member’s name, the date the letter was granted and Withdrawn by letter of withdrawal. If the member’s request occurs during the course of a judicial investigation, the secretary shall note on the membership record, Withdrawn under accusation, and if withdrawal occurs during the course of a hearing, Withdrawn under charges (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:5048).