When we called our old ECUSA parish to request that they please drop our names from the rolls, we were told in no uncertain terms the only way we could get our names off would be to officially request a transfer to another Episcopal Church. We are not the only ones reporting this experience from this particular parish. BTW this particular church constantly goes around the diocese 'bragging' about how large they are, and about how THEY have not lost members as a result of Gene. They also have a huge delegation to the diocesan convention, and this allows the activists in that parish to continually push that diocese further and further to the left.
I like the Catholics a lot better. And they still do the "Every Member Canvass". . . . even a large parish like ours (1600 households).