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

Useful Tool to Add Cheap, Quick & Quality Creative Elements To This Weekend’s Service

Rich BirchJanuary 16, 2013

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...

personal productivity

Boost Your Productivity by Only Handling Information Once

Rich BirchJanuary 14, 2013

Looking for more? Other unSeminary Posts on Personal Productivity Robert Pozen writes more about O.H.I.O. in his book...

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6 Ways to Use Social Media to Encourage Discipleship In Your Church

Rich BirchJanuary 11, 2013

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...

personal productivity

Quick Tip for Increasing Appreciation in Your Organization [video]

Rich BirchJanuary 7, 2013

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!)...

communications

Is Direct Mail a part of your church communication strategy?

Rich BirchDecember 18, 2012

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...

personal productivity

Meeting Culture Tune Up for Church Leaders [video]

Rich BirchDecember 17, 2012

Looking for more? Best book I've read on Meeting Culture: An earlier UnSeminary Post on Meetings: ...

strategy

Ministry Trends 2013 [infographic]

Rich BirchDecember 13, 2012

communications strategy

Why not offending your guests (a little bit) is killing your church

Rich BirchDecember 12, 2012

Have you ever been somewhere different for the first time? In the past I've encouraged pastors to go play Bingo for an evening to give them a sense of what First Time Guests feel when they come to their church. At Bingo there is a series of social norms, funny...

personal productivity

Email Productivity Tip for Pastors [video]

Rich BirchDecember 10, 2012

Looking for more? Read McKinsey Study: Watch Merlin Mann's classic on Email Management: ...

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The Biggest Tip for Working with the Media as a Church Leader

Rich BirchDecember 6, 2012

One of the areas that we set out to improve at Liquid in 2012 was the way we worked with the press. We've been trying to get the media's attention about what we're doing as a church. We think that there is all kinds of "good news" happening around here...