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.
This week I've had the privilege of traveling to Nicaragua with Living Water International (LWI). We've partnered with them in variety of clean water projects. We were in Nicaragua seeing some project areas that we might end up serving in the coming years. I was humbled again to interact with some of the...
I'm afraid I'm not uncomfortable enough with worship music. I don't want to fumble the pass of the church to the next generation. In my early ministry years I was a part of a church in the midst of a "worship war". One side was fired up because they believed that...
Quality management of the information about the people that attend your church is mission critical. Loss data on someone is a loss relationship. Mismanagement in this area ends up damaging trust with your people. One of the ways we serve our people is by handling their information with great care. I'm...
Sunday comes every seven days. It's relentless! Every week we have to find ways to communicate the message of Jesus in a fresh and relevant way. Every seven days we have to find a new way to move people into community. Every weekend we have to leverage the time and talent...
According to a recent Pew Study, 69% of internet users utilize social media on a regular basis. The same reported showed that 92% of internet users aged 18-29 used social media regularly. The age of living our private lives in the public sphere is upon us. How are you leveraging social media...
Looking for more? Looking for some Thank You cards to use? Andy Stanley's Leadership Podcast on two works that need be in every leader's vocabulary. (A must listen!)...
The number of potential ways that church leaders can communicate with their people can be staggering at times. Email blasts, text messaging, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, your own website, billboards, flyers, postcards, smoke signals ... pony express ... list this goes on and on! In the midst of all those channels I'm still...