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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21 Easy Ways for Your Church to Be More First-Time Guest Friendly

Rich BirchMay 15, 2018

This weekend new guests will arrive at your church. Some will be visiting for the very first time, and they will want to know what your church looks like on a regular weekend. Church leaders who want to make a difference always look at how to make their church’s experience...

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Why Culture Wins at Your Church with William Vanderbloemen

Rich BirchMay 10, 2018

Thanks for joining us for another episode of the unSeminary podcast. I’m so excited to have William Vanderbloemen from the Vanderbloemen Search Group with us today. Vanderbloemen Search Group started out wanting help churches find pastors. They now have branched into doing a few other things such as consulting, succession...

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3 Important Ways Your Church Should “Show, Don’t Tell”

Rich BirchMay 8, 2018

Around 65% of people are visual learners. That means that the majority of people attending your church take in information more effectively when it is in the form of images rather than text. This reality has huge implications for your church that many leaders aren’t considering today. So much of...

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Practical Help For Developing Your Church’s Team Culture with Lee Coate

Rich BirchMay 3, 2018

Welcome back to another episode of the unSeminary podcast. We’re in for a treat today with Lee Coate, the executive pastor in charge of ministry and media at The Crossing Christian Church in Las Vegas. The Crossing began in 2000 as a partner plant coming out of Canyon Ridge Christian...

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5 Actions Your Church Needs to Make Way More Convenient

Rich BirchMay 1, 2018

I was struck by Tim Wu’s column in the New York Times called “The Tyranny of Convenience” a few months ago and it has stuck with me. Core to the thesis of this article is that convenience is at the center of what drives humans today. The author sites a...

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Developing a Lighter & Quicker Footprint For Your Next Campus or Church Plant with Jeff Beachum

Rich BirchApril 26, 2018

Thanks for coming back for this week’s episode of the unSeminary podcast. I’m honored to have Jeff Beachum of Portable Church Industries with us today. PCI helps churches go portable. Portable Church started one day when a portable church was struggling in a middle school setting. Finally one of the...

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All About Multisite: Financial Approaches, Structuring for the Future & Church Online

Rich BirchApril 25, 2018

Welcome to our new podcast all about multisite! 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 House....

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5 Tips for Helping Your Church Beat the Summer Giving Slump

Rich BirchApril 24, 2018

Summer is on the way. For many churches that means some of our dynamics shift and change. People are more likely to be away on vacation. Families are taking their kids to summer camps. We can see a decline in attendance at our churches. On top of the softness in...

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Community Outreach as a Core Church Growth Tactic with Jeff Maness

Rich BirchApril 19, 2018

Welcome back with this week’s episode of the unSeminary podcast. I’m honored to have our guest Jeff Maness with us today. Jeff is the founding and lead pastor of Element Church in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Element Church is an eclectic church in Cheyenne, passionate about being the type of church that...

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5 Tell-Tale Signs of a Remarkable Church

Rich BirchApril 17, 2018

"Be genuine. Be remarkable. Be worth connecting with." - Seth Godin Your church grows when people tell their friends about it. It really is that simple. In my book, Church Growth Flywheel, we explored how to add regular prompts to remind your people to talk with their friends about your...

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Rich Birch

21 Easy Ways for Your Church to Be More First-Time Guest Friendly

Why Culture Wins at Your Church with William Vanderbloemen

3 Important Ways Your Church Should “Show, Don’t Tell”

Practical Help For Developing Your Church’s Team Culture with Lee Coate

5 Actions Your Church Needs to Make Way More Convenient

Developing a Lighter & Quicker Footprint For Your Next Campus or Church Plant with Jeff Beachum

All About Multisite: Financial Approaches, Structuring for the Future & Church Online

5 Tips for Helping Your Church Beat the Summer Giving Slump

Community Outreach as a Core Church Growth Tactic with Jeff Maness

5 Tell-Tale Signs of a Remarkable Church

Dream Again: A Church’s Journey from Debt to Deep Impact with Mike Winger

Why Christmas Can Still Be the Biggest Service of the Year At Your Church

Leading Through Stress Without Burning Out with Charles Stone

Active Ushering: Why Your Church Needs to Embrace It, Especially When the Room Is Half Full

Reaching Gen Z Starts with Rethinking Church with Russ Ewell

From Living Room to 5,000: Leading a Fast-Growing Church with Jason Hanash

Leading Change Without Losing Your Team with Craig Smith

Should You “Leap” Instead of “Stretch”? Rethinking Multisite Expansion for Prevailing Churches