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.

Developing a Leadership Pipeline strategy

7 Reasons Your Church Should Partner with A Christian Camp

Rich BirchJuly 9, 2019

This summer millions of children and youth across the country will attend a Christian camp. While this subculture has its own robust ecosystem of conferences, books, and thought leaders, there seems to be a strange disconnect between local churches and Christian camping ministries. From my perspective, local churches miss out...

communications podcast

Life After Being Let Go from a Church with Justin Herman

Rich BirchJuly 4, 2019

Welcome back to another episode of the unSeminary podcast. I’m excited to have a new friend with us, Justin Herman from the Controlled Chaos podcast. Controlled Chaos is focused on serving youth ministry workers and interviews great leaders in this area while also getting into the tactics of youth ministry....

strategy

5 Actions to Take This Summer to Help Your Church Grow

Rich BirchJuly 2, 2019

Here we are in the middle of another hazy summer, and it could be tempting for you to sit back and think that this isn't a season to expect church growth. Many church leaders view the typically lower attendance of the summer as a chance to regroup. While it's a...

personal productivity podcast

Practicing Christian Mindfulness with Dr. Charles Stone

Rich BirchJune 27, 2019

Thanks for listening in to the unSeminary podcast this week. Today Charles Stone, the lead pastor of WestPark Church in London, Ontario, is joining us again. Charles describes London, Ontario as a melting pot of cultures and people from many different backgrounds. WestPark Church has about fifty different countries represented...

strategy

5 Lessons from Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge for Your Church

Rich BirchJune 25, 2019

This summer, both Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California and Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida are launching massive new “lands” based on the Star Wars franchise. Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge is the largest investment the Disney corporation has made in its North American parks in long time. Not only that,...

communications podcast

An Artist’s Journey in the Church with Mike Brennan

Rich BirchJune 20, 2019

Welcome to back to the unSeminary podcast! Today we have on the show Mike Brennan, who works as a freelance graphic designer. Mike knew he wanted to be an artist at an early age. He went to school for graphic design and after a few years working in the corporate...

podcast strategy

Significance, Satisfaction, & Leading Yourself to the Next Level with Shawn Lovejoy

Rich BirchJune 13, 2019

Welcome back to this week’s unSeminary podcast. I’m excited to have Shawn Lovejoy with us, the founder and CEO of Courage to Lead. Shawn has been a pastor, a church planter, an entrepreneur, and a leadership coach. He started coaching pastors in 2001. Courage to Lead is there to help...

podcast strategy

Healthy & High Performing Teams with Lance Witt

Rich BirchJune 6, 2019

Welcome to this week’s episode of the unSeminary podcast. We’re talking to Lance Witt, the founder of Replenish Ministries. Lance founded Replenish Ministries as a way to come alongside leaders and help them live great lives, both personally and in ministry. A former Executive/Teaching pastor at Saddleback Church, Lance has...

strategy

5 Needs Guests are Attempting to Meet When They Come to Your Church

Rich BirchJune 4, 2019

Why do people come to church? When you think about it from a broader, cultural context, it’s sort of an unusual behavior. Especially when it seems like the new studies on church attendance that come out every week all point to the national decline in church attendance. Still, in spite...

multisite podcast

An Insider Look at a Fast Growing Mobile Multisite Campus with Beau Jensen

Rich BirchMay 30, 2019

Thanks for joining in for another episode of the unSeminary podcast. This week we’re talking with Beau Jensen from LifePoint Church. LifePoint Church is one of the fastest growing churches in the country with three campuses in Tennessee as well as microsites in other parts of the country. Beau is...