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 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...

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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...

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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...

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6 Types of Donors Your Church Should Regularly Thank

Rich BirchMay 28, 2019

As a church leader, are you wondering how you're going to make this year's budget? Have you looked at your donations and felt concerned they're running behind? It seems like every time I talk to church leaders the topic of increasing revenue comes up. It's understandable because oftentimes funding is...

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Developing Leaders (Regardless of Gender) at Your Church with Kadi Cole

Rich BirchMay 23, 2019

Thanks for joining for this week’s episode of the unSeminary podcast. We have Kadi Cole, who serves as a church consultant, with us today. Kadi has served in full-time ministry for about 20 years and worked with her Christ Fellowship Church in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. During a period of...

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Systems Theory, Leadership Anxiety & Your Church with Steve Cuss

Rich BirchMay 16, 2019

Welcome back to another episode of the unSeminary podcast. We have Steve Cuss, the lead pastor of Discovery Christian Church in Colorado, joining us today. Discovery Christian Church is located halfway between Denver and Boulder and its people reflect the diversity found in those two cities. Though Discovery was planted...

communications podcast

Help For Your Church to Navigate LGBTQ+ Issues with Grace & Truth with Caleb Kaltenbach

Rich BirchMay 9, 2019

Thanks for joining in for the unSeminary podcast. We have a great conversation for you today with Caleb Kaltenbach, an author, former pastor and founder of The Messy Grace Group. When Caleb was young, his parents divorced and both came out as being homosexual. They became activists and took Caleb...

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Understand, Assess, and Improve the Culture in Your Church with Chris Wignall

Rich BirchMay 2, 2019

Welcome to back to the unSeminary podcast. I’m excited to have Chris Wignall joining us today. He is the Executive Director of the Catalyst Foundation. The job of the Catalyst Foundation is to come alongside leaders of charities and churches to help them understand, assess and improve the culture in...