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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2 Critically Important Hidden Groups of People at Your Church

Rich BirchApril 11, 2017

Even in a church of a few hundred people, it’s easy for folks to get lost. People can slip through the cracks and you will not be able to serve them well. Regardless of the church size, we need to constantly consider how people are plugging into our ministry. There...

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Ben Stapley on Leading Creatives at Your Church

Rich BirchApril 6, 2017

Welcome back, everybody, and thanks for tuning in today for another episode of the unSeminary podcast. Today we have Ben Stapley, the creative pastor at Liquid Church in New Jersey. Liquid Church started 10 years ago in the northeast of New Jersey. They currently have six campuses and about 2500...

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5 Tools For Church Leaders You (Probably) Haven’t Heard Of

Rich BirchApril 5, 2017

For over 200 episodes of the unSeminary Podcast, we have been asking what are the online tools or resources church leaders have been using to make their ministry easier. We have heard rave reviews about Evernote & Slack but I know there are other tools that might be helpful that...

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Gene Jennings on Passing on the Church to the Next Generation

Rich BirchMarch 30, 2017

Hey, everybody, and welcome to this episode of the unSeminary podcast. I’m glad to have you join us today for our chat with Gene Jennings, associate pastor of True North Church. True North Church was planted in 2004 in North Augusta, South Carolina and is one of the fastest growing...

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5 Dangerous Ways Churches Convince Themselves They’re Growing

Rich BirchMarch 29, 2017

94% of churches are losing ground against the population growth of their communities. In 2050 the percentage of the US population attending church will be half of 1990. I’m crazy enough to think that your church should be growing. I think healthy things grow. I am obsessed about seeing the...

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Josh Canizaro Takes Us Inside Church Planting in New Orleans

Rich BirchMarch 23, 2017

Joshua Canizaro was born and raised in the greater New Orleans area where he began serving as a youth pastor in the summer of 1999. After pastoring in Louisiana for nearly six years, he and his wife Amber felt the Lord moving them to join the team at Church of...

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Becca Reynolds inside the Why, How & What of Raising Up Leaders

Rich BirchMarch 16, 2017

On today's episode, we have Pastor Becca Reynolds from Valley Creek Church. We dive deep in some practical help for raising up next generation of leaders for your church. Don't miss this! Thank You for Tuning In! There are a lot of podcasts you could be tuning into today, but...

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Joanna la Fleur offers Practical Help for Balancing Communications in Your Church

Rich BirchMarch 9, 2017

Joanna la Fleur is the Creative Communications Director at C4 Church in the Eastern Suburbs of Toronto, Canada. This is a fast growing multisite church aiming to impact 10,000 people within their community. In this conversation, Joanna provides some uber practical advice on how to balance all the various communications...

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Drake De Long-Farmer on Building Teams amidst a Church Turnaround

Rich BirchMarch 2, 2017

Drake De Long-Farmer is the executive pastor at Gateway Church where he leads various teams (including HOUSE PARTIES and our Pastoral Team), working with key staff and interns in ministry development and also oversees Gateway operations. Discipleship is at the core of his role and ministry teams. Drake is a...

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Josh Baird on Rebooting Groups to Increase Engagement

Rich BirchFebruary 23, 2017

Josh Baird is the Associate Pastor of The Life Church and serves with his wife, Brittney, as Campus Pastor of the Warrenton Campus. They are the proud parents of one beautiful daughter, Raylee, and 3 sons, Roman, Judah, & Israel. Josh is a passionate, visionary leader who believes in raising...