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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7 Tips for Asking People to Change to a Different Service Time

Rich BirchMarch 18, 2014

Come to the Early Service Download "Unbranded" Versions of those videos to use at your church! Just leave a comment to tell us you've used them! You may be aware that your church has an "optimal inviting hour" ... that time on the weekend that first time guests are most...

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Warren Bird Discusses Latest Multisite Church Trends

Rich BirchMarch 13, 2014

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // Warren Bird is the head of research at Leadership Network. This week he published the Leadership Network/Generis Multisite Church Scorecard ... the largest study of the multisite movement ever done. This report is full of fascinating insights into this explosive part of the body of Christ....

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16 Surprising Insights into The Multisite Church Movement [infographic]

Rich BirchMarch 11, 2014

Source: Leadership Network/Generis Multisite Church Scorecard Please download and reuse this infographic! Kindly link back to this post. Thanks! Looking for more on the conversation about multisite churches? Check out other unSeminary posts: Frank Bealer interview on Ensuring Alignment in Multisite Churches. 10 Tips for Soft Launch Sundays for Multisite Churches. 11...

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5 Facts About Multisite Churches That Should Impact All Churches

Rich BirchMarch 11, 2014

Today marks the release of the Leadership Newtork / Generis Multisite Scorecard. This is a fascinating study that attempts to define the multisite church movement. Once again Warren Bird does an amazing job pulling together data and interpreting it so we can understand what is happening around us. As I...

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Sarah Bessey on being a Jesus Feminist.

Rich BirchMarch 6, 2014

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // Late last year I bumped into Sarah and her book Jesus Feminist. I took some time to read through her book and I found myself drawn in by her writing, her stories and how she was challenging me. Today I'm honored to have Sarah on...

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6 Reasons Our Church Produced a Spring Catalog

Rich BirchMarch 5, 2014

This spring our church put together a catalog and we're mailing it to 5,000+ homes in our database. It's not an insignificant investment for our church. Why is a church producing a "catalog" and how does it fit in our strategy? Recall // Like most churches our issue isn't getting people...

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First Time Guest Gifts: 26 Lessons from 33 Churches

Rich BirchMarch 2, 2014

Recently I connected with church leaders from 33 churches from across North America and asked them to share with me what they are doing for gifts for their first time guests. This continues in a series where I've asked other church leaders to help us learn what is happening at...

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Alan Danielson on how your church’s DNA impacts your Small Group Ministry.

Rich BirchFebruary 27, 2014

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // At it's core every church has unique DNA that defines what it's going to be like and the impact it's going to have on it's community. On today's episode small group expert, Alan Danielson gives us some really helpful handles to understand our church's DNA...

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Christa Hesselink challenges us to think differently about missions.

Rich BirchFebruary 20, 2014

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // Today's episode offers an insightful and fresh look into how your church can partner with other ministries around the world to make a different. Christa is one of the sharpest leaders I know on the area of global compassion and offers up a gracious challenge...

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Communications Q&A // Multisite Alignment, Facebook for Churches, Preparing for Growth & Multichannel Communications

Rich BirchFebruary 13, 2014

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // On today's episode of the unSeminary Podcast we're taking questions from listeners about Church Communications. We cover a wide variety of topics that I hope will help your ministry. Are you wondering how to keep your growing and complex ministry aligned? Thinking about upping your...