2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3100:3

(3) If a minister so requests, the district superintendent may grant a letter of standing (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:6460; cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1310:29), which shall immediately terminate ministerial membership in The Wesleyan Church. Such a letter of standing shall be valid for one year from the date of issuance in the case of an ordained minister, or until the next session of the district conference from which withdrawn in the case of a commissioned or licensed minister (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3124).