Checkpoint Church is a United Methodist Church. Structurally, theologically, in terms of polity — we’re part of the same denomination as the church your grandmother might’ve grown up in, only ours meets on Discord instead of Main Street.
That’s a real, meaningful fact about us. But it may not be a real, meaningful requirement for you.
We consider Checkpoint to be a deeply ecumenical space.
That means our community includes people from a wide range of denominational backgrounds — Baptist, Catholic, nondenominational, and everything in between. It also includes people who don’t believe in God at all. It includes people from entirely different faith traditions altogether.
You don’t have to sign on to any of our theology to be a part of this place.
Think of it the way you’d think about walking into any church building in real life.
You could sit in the back pew of a church you’ve never attended, listen, watch, be present, and leave without anyone requiring a statement of faith from you at the door.
That’s how Checkpoint works too — you can be a full member of this community without ever engaging the spiritual side of what we do.
But if you are curious — if you want to know what United Methodists actually believe, why we structure things the way we do, or what’s underneath the Bible study and Nerdy Sermons — that’s what the rest of this series is for. We’re not shy about our beliefs. We just don’t gate the community behind them.
Next up: who was John Wesley, and why does a guy from 18th-century England matter to a Discord server in 2026?