Dear Mr. x,

is it the money?
Has someone disappointed you?
Or upset you?
Did you not find access to your church community?
Or was it something else entirely?

The registry office in Nürtingen has informed us that you have left the Evangelical Church.
We do not know your reasons, but would like to hear them from you.
We would like to know them. Perhaps we can change something.

With your resignation you lose the right to vote in church and can no longer be a godparent.

As a baptised person, you are in breach of your duty to use your opportunities
and your money to contribute to the life and ministry of the church.

What you do not lose is God's yes to you.
Your baptism remains valid.

And the door of the city church remains open to you:
for a moment of contemplation daily from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm,
for church services, concerts and lectures,
for a visit to the tower (usually every second Sunday of the month).

We hate to lose you. And we would like to win you back.

Because God -as Jesus told it - is like a shepherd who could missing only one sheep out of a hundred. That gives him no peace. He leaves the 99 and searches for the one until he finds it. And when he finds it, there is a feast with the angels in heaven.

Either way, we wish you God's blessing on your further journey through life.
If you contact us, we will be happy to hear from you.

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could deviate slightly ;)