Rich Birch

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 Things Next Generation Leaders Want From Senior Leaders

Last month I had the privilege of meeting Jake Dudley ... he's a smart, passionate and caring young leader that you need to get to know. He's a part of The Rocket Company team, interns at a thriving Atlanta area church and helps lead a leadership organization helping emerging leaders called The Hive. (Plus...
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9 Reasons Every Church Leader Needs to Learn From North Point

North Point Community Church is one of the largest and most influential churches in the country. From my perspective, you need to be to learning from this church regardless of what you think about their theological convictions. Here are some reasons you need to pay attention to North Point: Relentless...
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5 Hidden Axioms of Volunteer Management

Effective church leaders are excellent volunteer managers. Managing volunteer teams within your church is a nuanced and mysterious journey. It's not always obvious what it takes to lead them well! Here are 5 truths that I've uncovered, which weren't obvious to me when I started leading in church: Volunteers are...
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Open Letter to My Youth Pastor Self.

I started my ministry career as a youth pastor. It was a long time ago ... like so long that people were watching Seinfeld and kids were listening to Foo Fighters. Now as a parent of a middle schooler I think back on those days with a certain amount of nostalgia and longing. Today's...
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Church is fun. Right?

If the core message of the church is "good news" ... then we should be a pretty fun bunch right? We have a message that literally sets people free to live the life God desires ... so people should feel freedom when they experience our environments! A relationship with Jesus...
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