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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4 Ready-To-Use Last Minute Resources for Easter at Your Church

Rich BirchMarch 21, 2018

Easter is a huge deal. You know that. In fact, if you are like most church leaders, you are feeling it right now. You feel the pressure of the day coming on quickly. Easter is one of the four “big days” that your church no doubt puts extra effort into....

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Transformational Loops & Rooted Discipleship at Mariners Church with Erin Kerr

Rich BirchMarch 15, 2018

Welcome back to another episode of the unSeminary podcast. This week we’re joined by Erin Kerr, the discipleship pastor from Mariners Church in California. Mariners started out as a very small church, but now has a few different campuses with about 20,000 people attending. Erin’s focus at Mariners is how...

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6 Mindsets of Church Leaders in Growing Churches

Rich BirchMarch 14, 2018

How you think about what you do in ministry is very important. The mindset you bring in to your ministry can be a make or break factor in your church’s ability to impact your community. Over the last few years, I’ve had the honor of talking to hundreds and hundreds...

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Successful Pastoral Successions with Dennis Gingerich

Rich BirchMarch 8, 2018

Welcome back to another episode of the unSeminary podcast. I’m excited to have Dennis Gingerich with us today. Dennis is the founding pastor of Cape Christian Church in Florida. One way or another, every church is going to lose its pastor. Yet very few congregations are preparing for that. Would...

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Big Lessons from Small Church with Karl Vaters

Rich BirchMarch 1, 2018

Thanks so much for taking the time to join us for another episode of the unSeminary podcast. We have a treat today with guest Pastor Karl Vaters of Cornerstone Christian Fellowship in Orange County, California. Karl is with us to talk about small churches, their unique challenges and how they...

All About Multisite

All About Multisite: Dotted Lines, Solid Lines, Cross Campus Unity & Easter Ideas

Rich BirchFebruary 28, 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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14 Multisite Church Facts I Wish I Knew Before Launching 14 Campuses

Rich BirchFebruary 27, 2018

In the early 2000s, I started on my multisite journey. In those days, we were just trying to solve a space problem at our growing church. We had some innovative volunteers at our church who asked if they could take the video that we were using to run an “overflow”...

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Innovative Approaches to Facilities & Finances with Jamey Stuart

Rich BirchFebruary 22, 2018

Welcome back to another episode of the unSeminary podcast! Thanks for joining us for our chat today with Jamey Stuart from Believers Church in Suffolk, Virginia. Believers Church is an active church with a unique story surrounding their building. The church is full of energy with an average age of...

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4 Old School Communication Tactics Your Church Should Still Be Using Today

Rich BirchFebruary 21, 2018

Is your church leveraging chatbots to reach people? Are you leveraging a social media listening tool to understand the sentiment towards your church? What's your Instagram story strategy to engage people in your community? Is your church ready for augmented reality and the impact that will have people attending your...

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Big Data, Ministry Analytics & Your Church with Matt Engel

Rich BirchFebruary 15, 2018

Thank you so much for joining us for another great episode of the unSeminary podcast. I’m thrilled to be speaking with Matt Engel, a research fellow at Leadership Network and also works at Gloo, a technology company. Our talk today is all about data intelligence. So what is data intelligence?...