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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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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Do These 5 Things Now to Give Your Christmas Services More Impact

Rich BirchOctober 10, 2017

Christmas is a really big deal at your church. It’s the time when we celebrate the birth of Jesus and it also represents some of the largest services you may host all the year long. From this vantage point, all these weeks away from the crunch time, we’ve pulled together...

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Mark Hearn on Transitioning a Monolithic Church to a Vibrant Multicultural Community

Rich BirchOctober 5, 2017

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode of the unSeminary podcast. I’m excited be speaking with Mark Hearn, pastor of First Baptist Duluth in Georgia. First Baptist Duluth really is a multi-cultural church. Currently it is composed of 42 different nationalities. There is music in different languages...

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7 Ways Smartphones Have Changed People at Your Church (And What to Do About it!)

Rich BirchOctober 3, 2017

Do you remember the world before the smartphones came and invaded all our spaces? I have a hard time recalling how we got along before these little rectangles of glass, metal and plastic lodged themselves firmly into our everyday lives. These devices have had simultaneously a profound and subtle impact...

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Daniel Im on Small Shifts That Will Transform Your Ministry

Rich BirchSeptember 28, 2017

Hello there, and welcome to this week’s episode of the unSeminary podcast! I’m thrilled to have Daniel Im with us today from Lifeway Christian Resources. He is the founder/director of church multiplication for NewChurches.com, an author, and a teaching pastor at The Fellowship in Nashville. Lifeway offers church resources, from...

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5 Characteristics of Church Staff Teams that Break the 1,000 Barrier

Rich BirchSeptember 26, 2017

Only 2% of churches will ever see a weekend service attendance upward of 1,000 people. This particular growth barrier really is a gigantic challenge for church leaders, akin to low-oxygen at high-altitudes setting. Of all the challenges that present themselves to leaders who are looking to see their church break...

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Rich Birch

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

Do These 5 Things Now to Give Your Christmas Services More Impact

Mark Hearn on Transitioning a Monolithic Church to a Vibrant Multicultural Community

7 Ways Smartphones Have Changed People at Your Church (And What to Do About it!)

Daniel Im on Small Shifts That Will Transform Your Ministry

5 Characteristics of Church Staff Teams that Break the 1,000 Barrier

Embracing Digital for Church Growth: Insights from Saddleback’s Online Pastor Jay Kranda

Stability in Transition: Insights on Church Succession from Drake Farmer

Leadership People Will Trust: Insights from Jenni Field’s Nobody Believes You

Grow More, Send More: Building a Sending Church with Andrew Hopper

Kids Ministry in a Changing World: Building a Thriving Children’s Ministry with Justyn Smith

How to Make Your Church Irresistible: Proven Strategies for Creating an Invite Culture

From Despair to Connection: Helping Youth Overcome Mental Health Challenges with Will Hutcherson

Rethinking Your Kids’ Ministry Spaces: Aaron Stanski with Practical Tips for Church Leaders