Sample Letter of Resigation (Disassociation) to Prevent Shunning/Discipline

[insert your address]
[insert date]

[insert addressee information]

SENT BY US MAIL, REGISTERED, CERTIFIED, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED

To [insert name of church]:

In exercise of my rights under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, I, [insert your name] hereby resign from [insert name of church, and include alternate names if there are any], effective immediately, [insert date].

I hereby declare myself no longer a member. 

As a non-member, I demand complete freedom from all religious practices, which include but are not limited to discipline and retaliation. Examples of such religious practices may include shunning, intentional infliction of emotional distress, harassment, slander, invasion of privacy, etc.  Should you engage in any such conduct towards me, I will immediately and fully utilize all legal means to stop those acts.

Please refer to the following:

• Bear v. Reformed Mennonite Church 
• Guinn v. Church of Christ of Collinsville
• Hadnot v. Shaw
• McNair v. Worldwide Church of God 

Furthermore, I request immediate, complete, and permanent cessation from all contact from church members. This includes but is not limited to mail, electronic communications, telephone,  and in-person visits taking place at my residence (address noted above), workplace, or elsewhere.  Please be aware that I will consider any in-person visits on private property henceforth to be trespassing, and should that occur, I will utilize all legal means to stop that act, including but not limited to citizen's arrest, civil and criminal complaints.

Thank you in advance for respecting my right to freedom from religion.

Signed, [insert your name and signature]

[insert notary stamp and signature, if you're using one]

Free letter template: Stop Jehovah's Witnesses from visiting your home

Why:

• Jehovah's Witnesses are a dangerous high control group with bizarre teachings.
• A major activity of theirs is recruitment in neighborhoods, to save you from a grisly death in the War of Armageddon, that will be happening any day now.
• The biggest recruitment activity occurs in Spring, when they invite people to attend an observation of Christ's death.
• If you notify them not to trespass on your property, they must stay away (according to most state laws).

Instructions:

1. Get the address of the closest Kingdom Hall (Congregation) of Jehovah's Witnesses.
2. Complete this letter.
3. Send it by US Mail with delivery confirmation.
4. Save the delivery confirmation, along with a copy of the letter. This is your only proof you've issued the proper warning.

Template:
[Current Date]

Jehovah's Witnesses
[Address of closest congregation]

Dear Sirs:

This letter is to serve as formal notice that effective today you may not enter the property of [your address]. This “No Trespass” notice will remain in effect until rescinded by me. Failure to comply with this notice may result in your arrest by police, citizen's arrest, and civil litigation, in which you will be named personally and as an organization. Furthermore, please do not contact me in any way.

Please refer to the following.
-[cite your state/local laws on trespassing here]
-[cite your state/local laws on citizen's arrest]
-Correspondence regarding trespassing from the Watchtower Society to you dated September 2004

Sincerely,

[signature]

[printed name]