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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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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Frank Bealer on Thriving in the Tension of Ministry, Work & Life

Rich BirchOctober 19, 2017

Thanks so much for joining us for this week’s unSeminary podcast. I am so excited to have Frank Bealer back on the podcast today! Frank was at Elevation Church the last time we spoke with him, but he is now the executive director of Leadership Development at The reThink Group (also...

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5 Bad Habits Killing the Effectiveness of Your Church’s Announcements

Rich BirchOctober 17, 2017

There are five precious minutes in your service that are solely intended to move people to action. The announcement time in your church service is a high leverage opportunity to encourage your people to move from where they are to where you want them to be. It really is the...

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Josh Whitehead on Portable Instead of Permanent for Your Next Campus

Rich BirchOctober 12, 2017

Welcome, everyone, to this week’s edition of the unSeminary podcast. I’m happy to have Dr. Josh Whitehead with us today. He’s the executive pastor of Faith Promise Church. Faith Promise Church is a vibrant church in Tennessee with a really relevant message and worship experience. Today the church has eight...

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Rich Birch

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

Frank Bealer on Thriving in the Tension of Ministry, Work & Life

5 Bad Habits Killing the Effectiveness of Your Church’s Announcements

Josh Whitehead on Portable Instead of Permanent for Your Next Campus

Creating Inclusive Spaces: Making Churches Accessible for All with Kerri-Ann Hayes

Redefining Ministry for Men: Brian Tome on Man Camp and Spiritual Awakening

The Volunteer Playbook: Secrets to Building a Thriving Ministry Team with Nick Blevins

Out of the Seats and Into The Streets: Leading Effective Community and Global Outreach with Kristin Flynn

From Blown Up Lives to New Beginnings: How Summit Christian Church Transforms Communities with Bryan Smith

Community First: How Century Church is Redefining Outreach and Church Spaces with Patrick Quinn

Strategic Growth and Alignment: Lessons on Mergers, Multisite, and Ministry with Brian Owens

Mastering Communicating Change in Your Ministry with Dawn Nicole Baldwin