Leading Through Change in Your Church with Larry Wren

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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Leading Through Change in Your Church with Larry Wren

Rich BirchMay 21, 2020

Thanks for tuning in to this week’s podcast. We’re talking with Larry Wren, Executive Pastor at Pathway Church in the Witchita, Kansas area. Pathway Church began in 1959 and has become one of the fastest growing churches in the country as they've shifted their focus over the last ten years...

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5 Reasons Why Some Churches Won’t Recover

Rich BirchMay 19, 2020

If you've been paying attention to our world over the last few months, you’ve no doubt seen some dramatic economic news. You've probably seen things that made you wonder about the future of your church. You may be worried about what might come next. We’ve seen the initial impact that...

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Lies about Work, Life, and Love That Are Impacting Your People Today with Daniel Im

Rich BirchMay 14, 2020

Welcome to this week’s unSeminary podcast. Today we’re talking with Daniel Im, the Senior Associate Pastor of Beulah Alliance Church in Edmonton, Canada. We’ll be talking about Daniel’s book You Are What You Do: And Six Other Lies about Work, Life, and Love and its application in today’s world. The...

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Amazon, Disney, & J.Crew: Lessons for Your Church During This Time of Crisis

Rich BirchMay 12, 2020

We're all in the same boat but facing different storms. This has been a difficult season for every business, organization, and church as they deal with the impacts of both the Coronavirus and the extenuating economic crisis left in its wake. No doubt your church is thinking about next steps...

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Leading Through Big Changes in a 100+ Year Old Church with John Hill

Rich BirchMay 7, 2020

Welcome to the unSeminary podcast. We’re talking with John Hill from First Church in Wheatfield, Indiana. Being diagnosed with a cyst in his brain made John think about where his life was going and prompted him to pursue his dream to have greater kingdom impact by pastoring a church. In...

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7 Strategic Questions Churches Need to Ask About Reopening

Rich BirchMay 5, 2020

"The opportunity is to ask the question: What will be? Not how will we preserve the past?” - Simon Sinek That is a profoundly important question that we all would do well to be asking these days. This question gets to the core of what every church leader is asking...

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Surprising Role of Systems in the Health of Church Staff with Wayne Stewart

Rich BirchApril 23, 2020

Thanks for listening in to this week’s unSeminary podcast. With us today is Wayne Stewart, Pastor of Support Ministries at Christ Community Church in Ames, Iowa. Christ Community Church is in central Iowa near a university and so the church is home to a very diverse crowd of international students...

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Critical Human Resource Issues in Growing Churches with Tiffany Henning

Rich BirchApril 16, 2020

Thanks for joining us on this week’s unSeminary podcast. Today we’re talking with Tiffany Henning from HR Ministry Solutions. HR Ministry Solutions is a religious non-profit founded in 2016 which helps with the resources side of running a church. We’re talking with Tiffany today about how to resource your church...

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Releasing Volunteer Staff to Increase Your Church’s Impact with Jeremy Jernigan

Rich BirchApril 9, 2020

Welcome back to the unSeminary podcast. Today we’re talking with Lead Pastor Jeremy Jernigan from Abundant Life Church in Portland, Oregon. Every church out there would like to engage more people, but it's tough when you're working with finite resources. Listen in as Jeremy talks about the limits Abundant Life...

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5 Simple Ways to Increase Your Church’s Digital Easter Attendance

Rich BirchApril 7, 2020

He is risen. He is risen, indeed. This coming weekend, the church across the world will be celebrating the death and resurrection of Jesus, a story at the very center of our faith. It's the story of victory over death. It's the story of lives transformed. It's central to what...

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