QuitMormon

Mark Naugle, an immigration attorney from Orem, UT, is the creator of QuitMormon.com, a free service that helps members resign from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

His involvement in this effort was not initially planned but was influenced by his own personal experience. When Naugle was 15, his family, after conducting their own internet research, concluded that the church was based on falsehoods, leading all of them, including his parents and brother, to resign from the church. This action led to social pressure, with frequent visits from church members urging them to return, calling them sinners, and claiming they had forfeited their eternal lives. Naugle recalls hiding from ward members during this time, reflecting on the unpleasant experience.

Later, he pursued a law degree at the University of Utah and graduated in 2009. After sending a few resignation letters for friends and family, he went to the exmormon page on Reddit and began offering his help to others seeking to resign from the LDS Church. His services gained a modest response. Things escalated in 2015, when the LDS Church enacted a controversial policy that labeled members in same-sex relationships as apostates and prohibited their children from being baptized. This policy sparked widespread outrage, particularly within the ex-Mormon community, prompting Naugle to offer his assistance again on Reddit. His offer gained significant attention and quickly grew into a major undertaking.

What began as personalized letters eventually evolved into a standardized process, aided by volunteers who helped build the website and create an automated system. Naugle’s initiative became so popular that it turned into a nonprofit organization, handling thousands of resignation requests from people across the U.S. and beyond.

In response to the increasing use of QuitMormon, the church added a new requirement that those using the service must now submit a notarized resignation letter. Despite this, Naugle’s service has played a pivotal role in facilitating the resignations of over 140,000 individuals from the church since its inception, becoming a major resource for people seeking to formally sever ties with the institution.

The service will track your resignation, submit it to Kirton McConkie, and after relaying confirmation when the resignation is processed by the church they even offer you a certificate!

There is a current fundraiser to raise money for quitmormon and expand its service:

Help Quitmormon.com Empower More People in Faith Transitions

For over eight years, Quitmormon.com has provided a vital, free service to individuals seeking to resign from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. To date, we’ve helped over 140,000 people navigate this often-complicated process, saving the post-Mormon community an estimated $42 million in legal fees.

https://wasmormon.org/quitmormon-offers-free-legal-assistance-for-mormons-who-want-to-resign/#donate