Lessons from COVID-19 & the Reopening Phase in Australia for Your Church with John Finkelde

Rich Birch

Rich Birch is one of the early multi-site church pioneers in North America. He led the charge in helping The Meeting House in Toronto to become the leading multi-site church in Canada with over 5,000+ people in 18 locations. In addition, he served on the leadership team of Connexus Church in Ontario, a North Point Community Church Strategic Partner. He has also been a part of the lead team at Liquid Church - a 5 location multisite church serving the Manhattan facing suburbs of New Jersey. Liquid is known for it’s innovative approach to outreach and community impact. Rich is passionate about helping churches reach more people, more quickly through excellent execution.His latest book Church Growth Flywheel: 5 Practical Systems to Drive Growth at Your Church is an Amazon bestseller and is design to help your church reach more people in your community.

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Lessons from COVID-19 & the Reopening Phase in Australia for Your Church with John Finkelde

Rich BirchSeptember 24, 2020

Thanks for joining in for this week’s unSeminary podcast. I’m glad you’ve decided to tune in as we talk with John Finkelde. John has thirty plus years of pastoral experience in Australia and currently runs the organization Grow a Healthy Church. He consults with and coaches churches and church leaders...

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Community Service & Outreach in the Reopening Phase. Roundtable discussion with Heath Hollandsworth, Johnny Ova & Eric Jaffe

Rich BirchSeptember 22, 2020

This is an unprecedented season of opportunity for your church. In today's episode we're going to look under the hood at three churches that are involved in some pretty amazing community service and outreach in the reopening phase. Heath Hollandsworth, Executive Pastor of Ministries – Graystone Church, Georgia // Graystone Church...

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Leading a Thriving Small Groups Ministry with Ryan Hartwig

Rich BirchSeptember 17, 2020

Welcome to the unSeminary podcast. I’m excited to have Ryan T. Hartwig with us today. Ryan is Professor of Communication at Colorado Christian University and has studied collaborative organizations within the church, such as groups and teams. Ryan is with us to talk about a new book that he wrote...

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Practical Help Increasing Engagement at Your Church with Jacob Burgei

Rich BirchSeptember 10, 2020

Thanks for joining us for this week’s unSeminary podcast. We’re talking with Jacob Burgei today from Fuel Church in Kokomo, Indiana. Fuel Church launched in 2016 with about 85 people but as they began to understand the needs in their community, they quickly grew to become one of the fastest...

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From Steep Decline to One of the Fastest Growing Churches in the Country with Todd Elliott

Rich BirchSeptember 3, 2020

Thanks for tuning in for this week’s unSeminary podcast. Today’s guest is Todd Elliott from Beach Church in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Beach Church was founded in 1992 and Todd began as the Small Groups Pastor in 2007. During that time, a falling out between the lead pastor and executive...

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Multisite Alignment by Leveraging Objectives & Key Results with Michael Volbeda

Rich BirchAugust 27, 2020

Welcome to the unSeminary podcast. I’m excited to be talking with Michael Volbeda, Executive Pastor of Ministries at Brentwood Baptist Church in the Nashville, Tennessee area. Brentwood went from two to four campuses in 2014 and has since grown to eight locations. As time went on, the church realized it...

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What are leading churches doing for weekend programming this fall? Roundtable discussion with Ben Stapley, Chris Vacher & Brian Tome.

Rich BirchAugust 26, 2020

How committed are we really to forging the future rather than preserving the past? Today we've got another special episode of the unSeminary podcast where we sit down with three fantastic church leaders from around North America—Ben Stapley, Chris Vacher and Brian Tome—and ask them some questions about the future...

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Increasing Engagement at Your Church with Tony McVickers

Rich BirchAugust 20, 2020

Welcome to today's episode of the unSeminary podcast. Today we’re talking with Senior Pastor Tony McVickers from RockFish Church in North Carolina. RockFish Church is a multi-racial, multi-cultural church located near Fort Bragg and draws a large number of military members and families to its services. But this also means...

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Hosting an Outdoor Church Service that Reaches People with Hal Seed

Rich BirchAugust 19, 2020

Today's episode is a special "rushed" edition of the podcast. We wanted to get you this up to the minute help for your church. Many churches are looking for advice on how to hold outdoor services and in today's episode, we dive deep with Hal Seed on this issue! Hal...

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Keeping Your Church Focused on Reaching Unchurched People with Brent Purvis

Rich BirchAugust 13, 2020

Thanks for listening in to this week’s unSeminary podcast. I’m excited to have Lead Pastor Brent Purvis with us from Cascade Hills Church in Georgia. Cascade Hills Church was started by Brent's father, Bill, after a dramatic near death experience caused him to give his life to Christ. Cascade Hills...

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