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.

communications

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...

multisite strategy

Is video driven worship the next step to multiply your ministry?

Rich BirchFebruary 27, 2013

Today we have a guest post from Andy Tilly. Andy is the Pastor of Family Ministries at Crosstimber Church in Dallas. He's an innovative leader in one of most dynamic ministries in the country. He's a speaker, author, consultant, film maker and pretty nice guy! I'm thankful that Andy was...

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5 Ways to Encourage Easter Attendance the Week Before Easter

Rich BirchFebruary 25, 2013

Easter is right around the corner ... the time to plan out your "last week" strategy is right now! There will be a large percentage of your first-time guests that won't make a decision to attend your church until the days before Easter. So you need a plan that encourages...

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Open Letter to My Youth Pastor Self.

Rich BirchFebruary 21, 2013

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...