2016 Wesleyan Discipline:Withdrawal of member
From Wesleyan Discipline
SEE ALSO UNDER 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:Transfer 305
- (1) Voluntary withdrawal.
5048. Whenever in the course of an investigation or hearing, the accused person shall request a letter of withdrawal from the Church, the same shall be granted and the matter shall end. It shall be noted on the membership records of the local church, and, when the accused is a minister, on the membership record of the district, as “withdrawn under accusation” whenever such request is during the investigation, and “withdrawn under charges” when such request is during the hearing (cf. Disc. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:592).