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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5 Keys to Gaining (and Keeping) Momentum in Your Church

Rich BirchFebruary 10, 2014

If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum. - Holly Near There are seasons in your ministry when you can feel momentum happening ... it seems like things are just flowing a little easier and the energy of the church...

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John Gibson on Neighborhood Campuses as a part of a multisite church strategy.

Rich BirchFebruary 6, 2014

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // Today's podcast is from the "Lost Episodes File" ... literally! I recorded this episode back in August 2013 but then it was lost on my hard drive ... so I was so glad when I got a chance to recover it and present it to...

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Ben Reed on building a thriving small group ministry.

Rich BirchJanuary 30, 2014

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // On today's episode we talk with the Small Groups Pastor from Long Hollow Baptist Church, Ben Reed. The conversation covers a wide variety of topics around getting people connected to groups, training leaders and ensuring that groups stay healthy and strong. This episode is full...

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Tech Tip: How to get a better video image out of your existing cameras.

Rich BirchJanuary 29, 2014

Using video to communicate is a reality in many churches today. Whether you are producing a video to promote an upcoming event or if you are multisite church where video is at the core of how you deliver teaching ... many pastors find themselves thinking about how to make great...

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6 Tips for Outsourcing Creative Work for Your Church

Rich BirchJanuary 28, 2014

Over the Christmas break this year I was caught in a pinch. We had a new series to get ready and we didn't have any of the graphics done for it. Our practice has been to give our staff team the last week of the year off and so I...

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Rich Villodas on Spiritual Disciplines for Real World Ministry Leadership

Rich BirchJanuary 23, 2014

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // Ministry life is demanding and hectic. In fact, one of the occupational hazards of church leadership is it can erode your soul. In today's episode we talk with Pastor Rich Villodas who is the lead pastor of New Life Church in Queens, NYC. Rich leads...

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4 Strategies for Silencing Rumor-Mongers

Rich BirchJanuary 22, 2014

Today we're privileged to have a guest post from Dr. Garth Leno who is the President of WORDfirst Ministries. He has been a pastor for 30 years and is currently taking steps to plant a church in Windsor, Ontario. We've all faced that person in our church who is spreading...

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7 Leadership Tensions in Growing Churches

Rich BirchJanuary 19, 2014

"Every organization has problems that shouldn’t be fixed and tensions that shouldn’t be resolved." - Andy Stanley Leadership is about living in the middle of a number of tensions that won't ever be resolved ... in fact if you resolve the tension you end up creating a whole bunch of...

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Kevin Bordeaux on turning a church around from 20 people to 300 in 16 months!

Rich BirchJanuary 16, 2014

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // Kevin Bordeaux was called to a declining church of 20 people and over the next 16 months the church grew to over 300 people. Today's podcast is an inspiring story of how Kevin led through that change. He offers a bunch of insights for church...

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Jason Curlee on How Campus Pastors Gain Influence

Rich BirchJanuary 9, 2014

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // The multisite church movement continues to gain momentum around the world. Core to this strategy is an entirely new group of church leaders called "Campus Pastors" and they are vitally important to a healthy multisite strategy. On today's show we explore this important role and...