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Christian Living: Why 82% of Pastors Have Considered Quitting , and What Families Can Do About It
Your kids’ ministry volunteers and pastors carry more than you know. Here is how families can help them stay. A new Culture Resurrection Index study, reported August 19, 2026, found that 82% of 1,000 pastors had seriously considered leaving vocational ministry during the previous five years. Boundless Online Church, an outreach ministry of First Assembly Memphis, serves families in Memphis and around the world through Scripture, prayer, worship, and digital discipleship. The

Boundless Team
13 hours ago6 min read


Christian Living: Less Glitter, More Gospel , Why KidMin Is Trading Production for Presence in 2026
Your children’s ministry doesn’t need another fog machine. It needs a trusted adult who knows your child’s name. That’s the heart of the 2026 children’s ministry trends conversation. Across churches, families, and ministry networks, KidMin is moving toward relational discipleship, intergenerational community, sensory-friendly spaces, wise digital support, and trauma-informed volunteer care. Boundless Online Church is part of this conversation through the Boundless Family Fait

Boundless Team
15 hours ago6 min read


Church Health: From Sunday School to Kids Church , Rethinking How We Form Children's Faith
The children’s ministry playbook is changing. It’s no longer about the flashiest program, it’s about forming kids who belong to God’s family. For parents and pastors, the question is not simply “kids church vs Sunday school?” It is, “What kind of people are our ministry practices helping children become?” Boundless Online Church, the digital Christian community and outreach ministry of First Assembly Memphis, believes children need Scripture, worship, trusted relationships, p

Boundless Team
3 days ago6 min read


Church Health: Intergenerational Discipleship , Why Age-Segregated Church Programs Are Yielding to Family Worship
For decades, churches separated children from adults on Sunday mornings. Now, a quiet revolution is bringing families back together. Churches are rediscovering that intergenerational church ministry, combined with intentional family discipleship, can strengthen belonging, deepen faith formation, and support generational faith retention. Boundless Online Church, the digital ministry of First Assembly Memphis, serves this growing need through the Boundless Family Faith Library.

Boundless Team
3 days ago5 min read


Christian Living: Neurodiversity in Children's Ministry : Moving Beyond Accessibility to True Belonging
Move beyond accessibility toward true belonging with practical ways churches can welcome, support, and disciple neurodivergent children.

Boundless Team
4 days ago5 min read


Family Devotionals: Grandparents Are the Church's Greatest Untapped Discipleship Superpower
Grandparents have the time, the patience, and the perspective parents often lack. Yet so many grandparents feel like their spiritual influence has passed. It hasn’t. Grandparents can help pass faith to the next generation through prayer, Scripture, storytelling, blessing rituals, and ordinary moments of loving presence. For Christian families in Memphis and around the world, Boundless Online Church and the Boundless Family Faith Library exist to make those moments easier, war

Boundless Team
Aug 126 min read


Christian Living: The Unseen Pews : Why Special Needs Inclusion Is the Church's Greatest Missional Mandate
Every Sunday, families touched by autism and special needs sit in the unseen pews, wondering if their child truly belongs in God's house. Imagine walking into a sanctuary where you spend the entire service scanning the exits, bracing for disapproving glances because your neurodivergent child made a sudden noise or needed to pace the back aisle. At Boundless Online Church and through our Boundless Family Faith Library, based right here in Memphis as an outreach ministry of Fir

Boundless Team
Aug 104 min read
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