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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Deep Dive into a Proven Process for Engaging the Guys at Your Church with Kevin Harris

Rich BirchApril 4, 2019

Welcome to back to the unSeminary podcast. Today I’m excited to have Kevin Harris with us today, the executive director from Radical Mentoring. Radical Mentoring is an organization and a system designed to help your church develop leaders through intentional men’s small group mentoring. They coach and equip local church...

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10 Leadership Lessons from Google for Your Church

Rich BirchApril 2, 2019

Google is by far one of the most prevailing organizations of all time. Beyond their amazing technological insights and excellent execution, Google is a leadership engine. Google has more than 85,000 employees. Stop and think about the sheer size of that operation. Last year alone they added over 5,000 new...

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Improving the Middle School Ministry at Your Church with Dan Scott

Rich BirchMarch 28, 2019

Welcome back to this week’s unSeminary podcast. I’m happy to have Dan Scott from Orange with us today. Orange is a leading organization for family ministry which partners with churches to help kids dig into a deeper relationship with Jesus, and also provides resources for parents as they influence their...

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All About Multisite // Coaching to Help Your Campuses Thrive This Easter!

Rich BirchMarch 27, 2019

Welcome back to our monthly All About Multisite podcast! I’m chatting with a group of multisite ninjas and answering your questions about the ins and outs of launching new campuses. Our group is as follows: Natalie Frisk is our family ministry expert. She is a key leader from The Meeting...

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5 Things You Should Never Say During Announcements at Your Church

Rich BirchMarch 26, 2019

Announcements at your church don’t have to stink. This time in your service doesn’t need to feel like a miscellaneous catch-all for things that don’t fit elsewhere in the service flow! When done well, announcements can be the part of the service that moves people to action. Every weekend you...

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Coaching to Help You Take Your Church Team to the Next Level With David A. Miller

Rich BirchMarch 21, 2019

Welcome back to this week’s unSeminary podcast. Today I’m excited to have David A. Miller with us from Slingshot Group. Slingshot is focused on staffing and coaching for churches across the country. David has been in ministry for 15 years and was invited to help launch the student ministry division...

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8 Alternatives to Calling Another Team Meeting at Your Church

Rich BirchMarch 19, 2019

You’ve been there, in that never-ending meeting where all you can think about is the fact that the next thing on your to-do list is yet another meeting! You’ve thought it before, “There has got to be a better way of doing meetings at the church.” A few years ago,...

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What if John Stott, John Wimber, Dallas Willard & Andy Stanley Planted a Church with Jon Thompson?

Rich BirchMarch 14, 2019

Welcome back to this week’s episode of the unSeminary podcast. Today I have on Jon Thompson, pastor at C4 Church near Toronto, Canada. What’s happening at C4 is really unique. C4 is over 35 years old, but there has been an increase in the membership in the last few years....

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What Do You Want To Know About Multisite Church Launches?

Rich BirchMarch 12, 2019

Alright, you talked me into it. I’ve received hundreds (maybe thousands) of questions over the years about my experiences in launching campuses. I’ve had the privilege of being in the driver's seat for 13 multisite church campus launches and that means I’ve learned a lot about what not to do!...

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Taking a Risk on Next Generation Leaders with Buddy Gosey

Rich BirchMarch 7, 2019

Thanks for joining in for this week’s episode of the unSeminary podcast. We’re talking with Buddy Gosey, a campus pastor at Northridge Community Church. Northridge is a young church, the first campus planted ten years ago. Buddy is at the Gray campus in Gray, Tennessee, which was launched in 2016....