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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6 Reasons Your Church Should Be Involved in Solving the Clean Water Crisis

Rich BirchMarch 22, 2013

Today is World Water Day ... this is a cause that has grown to mean a lot to me over the last few years. I'm so proud of Liquid Church because we've really embraced this issue as a church. Your church should be involved in the clean water crisis and...

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9 Truths About Supporting Teaching Pastors That I’ve Learned Over 10+ Years

Rich BirchMarch 20, 2013

I've had the amazing privilege of working closely with three different Teaching Pastors. (Bruxy Cavey at The Meeting House, Carey Nieuwhof at Connexus Community Church and currently I'm working with Tim Lucas at Liquid Church.) Navigating the teaching calendar ... coming up series branding ideas ... trying to figure out what...

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9 Status Updates to Drive Engagement on Your Church Facebook Wall

Rich BirchMarch 18, 2013

Imagine a friend that just constantly talking about themselves and never stopped to engage in a dialogue. Is your church acting like that on your Facebook wall because all you ever do is advertise the next upcoming event or service that's going on? How are you leveraging this social media...

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Email Tip // FROM: is more important than SUBJECT:

Rich BirchMarch 15, 2013

When you are sending out a mass email from your church or even just an email appeal to a small group think about who the email is coming from because who the email is sent from is more critical than what is said in the subject line when it comes to...

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7 Things Next Generation Leaders Want From Senior Leaders

Rich BirchMarch 13, 2013

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

Rich BirchMarch 11, 2013

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

Rich BirchMarch 8, 2013

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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5 Hidden Leaders in Your Church Waiting to Be Asked to Jump In!

Rich BirchMarch 6, 2013

Chances are your church is looking for more leaders to serve within various ministries. Whether your kids ministry needs some more coaches to motivate the teams ... or your small group ministry is needs some great new leaders ... or maybe even your weekend services needs some support to ensure...

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7 Things Every Pastor Should Do Every Week on Social Media

Rich BirchMarch 4, 2013

The most recent study shows that 67% of adults use social media regularly. If 2/3rds of your church showed up to a meeting every week would you want to use that meeting to communicate with them? If that percentage of folks in your community came to an event in your...

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The One Overlooked Skill That Could Be Holding Back Your Church Financially

Rich BirchMarch 1, 2013

The late (and great) Howard Hendricks once asked his seminary class "How much ministry does $100 buy?" He paused and his class considered the question. He went on to answer "About $100 worth!" As church leaders we need to be thinking about the funding of the mission that God has...