dragonflyprincess1965 Posted August 7, 2018 Posted August 7, 2018 My husband and I were both converts. Things happened in the wards we were at and a few months ago we pulled our membership. We are in the process of moving to. Boise, Idaho. We want to come back. What do we need to do?
mnn727 Posted August 7, 2018 Posted August 7, 2018 When you say you "Pulled your membership" what exactly does that mean -- it has bearing on the process.
Calm Posted August 7, 2018 Posted August 7, 2018 (edited) Do you want to start the process before you move or wait until you are in your new neighbourhood? Either way, you can go to LDS.org and look up what would be your local ward if you don't already know it and set up an appointment with the bishop and he can let you know what to expect and what would be expected of you. I will get a link for you. https://www.lds.org/maps/meetinghouses/?cid=HP16FDM&lang=eng bishops name and phone number will be there. Edited August 7, 2018 by Calm 1
Jane_Doe Posted August 7, 2018 Posted August 7, 2018 17 minutes ago, dragonflyprincess1965 said: My husband and I were both converts. Things happened in the wards we were at and a few months ago we pulled our membership. We are in the process of moving to. Boise, Idaho. We want to come back. What do we need to do? This depends on what you mean by "pulled our membership". If you simply stopped coming, then simply start coming again. If you want to start coming to your new ward and to have your records transferred there, simply ask your new ward's secretary and he'll get it done. If you mean you official resigned, got an official acknowledgement from church headquarters, etc, then you will need to be re-baptized. Of course in the meantime (and always) you are always welcome to attend services. 4
Popular Post rpn Posted August 7, 2018 Popular Post Posted August 7, 2018 (edited) It is possible that if your resignation was very recent you can simply write the same department you sent your resignation to, and ask if you can change your mind. I heard of another case in which they agreed, and did it --- I think that was within 60 days. (There is a standard 30 day change your mind time for resignations sent to the bishop.) Edited August 7, 2018 by rpn 5
Popular Post Garden Girl Posted August 8, 2018 Popular Post Posted August 8, 2018 Hello dragonfly... I encourage you in your effort to return... I was inactive for many years, but 23 years ago I reactivated and I've never looked back and am stronger than ever... since I had simply stopped attending Church, my baptism had remained in force so all I had to do was start attending again... my local ward clerk made sure my records had been transferred and were in order. (My mom had seen that the records followed me... mom's do that... ha!). The reason I stopped attending was that in 1966 I had married a non-LDS man and, as so often happens, slipped into inactivity. During my years of inactivity I still read my scriptures and prayed, and didn't really lose my testimony, although I would push it aside... I would feel the pull of the Spirit to return to Church, and finally after watching Gen Conf in 1995 I told my husband I was really feeling the need to return and he encouraged me to do so... a year after reactivating, I went to the temple and received my endowment. While my husband was very supportive of me, I chuckle sometimes because I don't think he anticipated me becoming such a TBM... but all was good. He was leaning more and more toward the Church and I believe would have eventually joined, but he died unexpectedly 3 years after I returned... we are now sealed... ☺️ Again, I encourage you... All good wishes... GG 5
Robert F. Smith Posted August 8, 2018 Posted August 8, 2018 23 hours ago, dragonflyprincess1965 said: My husband and I were both converts. Things happened in the wards we were at and a few months ago we pulled our membership. We are in the process of moving to. Boise, Idaho. We want to come back. What do we need to do? Boise is a beautiful place, and I have relatives there. Once you get settled, visit your local bishop. He will bring you back in. It may take a year, but you will be greeted with love during the entire process. Sorry to hear that things didn't work out in your previous ward. Sometimes things just don't go right.
Stargazer Posted August 12, 2018 Posted August 12, 2018 (edited) On 8/7/2018 at 8:20 PM, dragonflyprincess1965 said: My husband and I were both converts. Things happened in the wards we were at and a few months ago we pulled our membership. We are in the process of moving to. Boise, Idaho. We want to come back. What do we need to do? If you just withdrew your attendance and activity from your ward -- i.e. stopped attending and being active -- you can just show up at your new ward (see Meetinghouse Locator for the address) and give your information to your new bishop/membership clerk, and they will request your membership records be sent to the ward. If you actually took the step of resigning your membership -- i.e. requested your names be removed from the records of the church, and the action actually took place -- then it's going to be a bit more involved. If there aren't any unresolved transgressions that need to be addressed (either committed before or after name removal), then it will probably take a least a year to be readmitted, which means you'll be rebaptised and confirmed. Priesthood ordinations and temple work are not automatically restored -- for those a special ordinance called "Restoration of Blessings" must be performed, which requires First Presidency approval. The First Presidency will not consider an application for Restoral of Blessings for at least a year after rebaptism. In both cases, once you have relocated, contact the bishop over the geographic area you live in to request whichever of the above you need. That's step 1. Edited August 12, 2018 by Stargazer
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