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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Bryce Baldwin Explains an Innovative Approach to Community Outreach Meeting Practical Needs

Rich BirchNovember 23, 2017

Welcome to another edition of the unSeminary podcast. I’m here today with Bryce Baldwin of Rome Alliance Church of Rome, NY. Rome Alliance was founded in 1915. Today you’ll find a mix of people there from birth to age 93. Bryce grew up in this church, later returning to lead...

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5 Ways Churches That Want to Break the 1,000 Barrier Stay Personal & Relational

Rich BirchNovember 21, 2017

The only people who like big churches are pastors. One of the paradoxes that churches face as they grow beyond 1,000 in attendance is that they actually need to act more like a small church in some ways. The “competition” of large and growing churches is actually much smaller churches...

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Greg Curtis Offers Next Level Assimilation Insights For Your Church

Rich BirchNovember 16, 2017

Thanks so much for joining us for another episode of the unSeminary podcast. Today I have Greg Curtis with me, director of assimilation at Eastside Christian Church. Eastside Christian Church was founded in 1962 and was recently named the second fastest growing church in the country with four locations in...

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6 Dirty Secrets about Multisite Churches That (Almost) No-one is Talking About

Rich BirchNovember 14, 2017

Is your church considering going multisite? It would seem like every church leader I talk with is wrestling with this approach on reaching new communities. Studies have shown that basically every growing church is either already multisite or actively looking into it. I’ve been a practitioner of this approach to...

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Marty Sawyers Helps You Improve The Communication Culture in Your Church

Rich BirchNovember 9, 2017

Welcome and thanks for joining us for this episode of the unSeminary podcast. I’m thrilled to have Marty Sawyers with us today. Marty is the executive pastor at Cornerstone Christian Fellowship in Arizona. Cornerstone Christian Fellowship is one of the fastest growing churches in the country. It has a lot...

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The 1 Tactic Your Church Needs to Do to Boost Year End Giving

Rich BirchNovember 7, 2017

We are just heading into the largest giving period of the year for charities across the country. In fact, 30% of all charitable giving will be done during the month of December. Many nonprofits have been working, for months, on the plans for these last 31 days of the year....

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Darin Yates from the Fastest Growing Church in America on Next Gen Leadership Development

Rich BirchNovember 2, 2017

Welcome back for another episode of the unSeminary podcast. Today I’m happy have Darin Yates, the executive pastor from Crossroads Community Church in Cincinnati. Crossroads Community Church is 22 years old, starting with a group of 11 people and eventually growing to the 10 locations it has today. Being one...

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4 Sure Signs Your Church Needs More First-Time Guests

Rich BirchOctober 31, 2017

Why isn’t your church growing? So many church leaders are wrestling with that question. They are looking at the dynamics of what’s happening in their church and trying to sort out where the “problem” is. Is it that your church doesn’t have enough first-time guests coming through the front door?...

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Clay Scroggins on Leveraging Influence Regardless of Your Authority

Rich BirchOctober 26, 2017

Hey everybody, and thank you for joining us for another episode of the unSeminary podcast. Today I’m talking with Clay Scroggins from North Point Community Church. North Point’s vision is to create a church that unchurched people love, and they filter everything they do through this lens. They want to...

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5 Reasons Kids’ Ministry is So Important to Churches that Want to Break the 1,000 Barrier

Rich BirchOctober 24, 2017

Churches that grow beyond 1,000 in attendance are today among a radical minority. In fact, 98% of all churches never reach this size. During my interaction with hundreds of churches that have been able to overcome this barrier, I have realized that they present several striking common characteristics. Correspondingly, effective...

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Rich Birch

Bryce Baldwin Explains an Innovative Approach to Community Outreach Meeting Practical Needs

5 Ways Churches That Want to Break the 1,000 Barrier Stay Personal & Relational

Greg Curtis Offers Next Level Assimilation Insights For Your Church

6 Dirty Secrets about Multisite Churches That (Almost) No-one is Talking About

Marty Sawyers Helps You Improve The Communication Culture in Your Church

The 1 Tactic Your Church Needs to Do to Boost Year End Giving

Darin Yates from the Fastest Growing Church in America on Next Gen Leadership Development

4 Sure Signs Your Church Needs More First-Time Guests

Clay Scroggins on Leveraging Influence Regardless of Your Authority

5 Reasons Kids’ Ministry is So Important to Churches that Want to Break the 1,000 Barrier

Vision to Reality: How Executive Pastors Shape the Church’s Future with Phil Taylor

From 1,000 to 2,000 in 1,000 Days: Engagement Pathway Best Practices

Exploiting Limits for Church Growth: Insights from A Better Theory’s Nathan R. Elson

The Four Key Factors of Magnetic Community Service That Drive Invite Culture

Calling the Next Gen to Leadership: Insights on Empowering Emerging Changemakers with Brad Dreibelbis

From 1,000 to 2,000 in 1,000 Days: Understanding New Guest Metrics

40 Day All-In Campaigns for Your Church: Unleashing Discipleship & Growth with Zach Zehnder

5 Counterintuitive Truths About Hiring for Church Leadership