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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Robert Manda from Malawi on Valuing Your Relationship with God Above Everything Else

Rich BirchOctober 17, 2016

Welcome to this week’s unSeminary podcast and thanks for joining us today. We have lead pastor Robert Manda with us from Eastern Light Presbyterian Church in Malawi in the southern part of Africa. Eastern Light was started by South Korean missionaries in 2006. It is a church that is still...

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Ross Lester from South Africa on Racial Integration and Birthing Gospel-Centered Multi-Cultural Churches

Rich BirchOctober 13, 2016

Thanks so much for taking time out of your busy schedule to join us today. I’m excited to have Ross Lester with us all the way from Johannesburg, South Africa. He’s the pastor at Bryanston Bible Church. South Africa is full of opportunity and challenges as far as ministry goes....

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Yoshito Noguchi on Sharing the Gospel Through Missional Community in Japan

Rich BirchOctober 10, 2016

Hello, everybody, and thanks so much for joining us today. I’m excited to have Yoshito Noguchi with us, all the way from Tokyo, Japan. The greater area of Tokyo is about 36 million people and less than 1% are Christian. There are only 1,000 Christian churches in Tokyo to serve...

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Ken Costa on the Importance of Knowing Your Why

Rich BirchOctober 6, 2016

Thanks so much for joining us today with this week’s unSeminary podcast. This month we’ve been talking with church leaders around the globe about what God is doing in their part of the world and what we can learn in our own ministries. Today we’re speaking with Ken Costa, the founder and...

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Tyler Reagin On Staying Healthy in the Midst of Ministry Pressures

Rich BirchSeptember 29, 2016

Hello and thank you for joining us for this week’s unSeminary podcast. We’re super excited this week to have Tyler Reagin with us from Catalyst. The Catalyst organization runs Catalyst Conferences around the country. The organization was started about 16 years ago by John Maxwell, who wanted to connect and invest in...

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7 Lessons from Giving an Entire Staff a Sabbatical Week

Rich BirchSeptember 28, 2016

We're honored to have Kevin Negaard guest posting for us today. He is the executive director at Sunnybrook Community Church and he has a passion for helping the church steward its resources well, including the people on staff. In mid-July of 2015, it hit me that the new ministry season was right around...

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3 Ways Disney is Improving that Your Church Can Learn From

Rich BirchSeptember 23, 2016

The Walt Disney Company continues to be an organization that churches should learn from. Obviously, our "core business" in the local church is totally different but there are many similarities in what we're attempting to do and what Disney does: We're both attempting to keep people engaged with "life span"...

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Mitch Harrison on Re-engineering Staff Structures for Future Growth

Rich BirchSeptember 22, 2016

Welcome to this week’s unSeminary podcast. I’m honored to have you with us today as we speak with Mitch Harrison, executive pastor at Canyon Ridge Christian Church in Las Vegas. Canyon Ridge has been around for about 20 years and has two locations, as well as church online. It is...

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20+ Small Group Social Media Graphics for FREE

Rich BirchSeptember 21, 2016

Prevailing churches make a consistent and focused effort to get people out of their weekend services and into some sort of "small group" experience. In fact, it's difficult to find a growing church that doesn't have a strong emphasis on its group culture. Over the years on the unSeminary podcast, we've...

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Mark Crull Offers Practical Help for Making A Mega Church Feel Personal

Rich BirchSeptember 15, 2016

Hello, everyone, and thanks for joining us for this week’s unSeminary podcast. Mark Crull, executive pastor at Northview Church in Indiana. Northview is a fast growing church with five campuses as well as online services. The church started in 1980 with 29 people meeting in an elementary school cafeteria and has grown...

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Rich Birch

Robert Manda from Malawi on Valuing Your Relationship with God Above Everything Else

Ross Lester from South Africa on Racial Integration and Birthing Gospel-Centered Multi-Cultural Churches

Yoshito Noguchi on Sharing the Gospel Through Missional Community in Japan

Ken Costa on the Importance of Knowing Your Why

Tyler Reagin On Staying Healthy in the Midst of Ministry Pressures

7 Lessons from Giving an Entire Staff a Sabbatical Week

3 Ways Disney is Improving that Your Church Can Learn From

Mitch Harrison on Re-engineering Staff Structures for Future Growth

20+ Small Group Social Media Graphics for FREE

Mark Crull Offers Practical Help for Making A Mega Church Feel Personal

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

Cultivating a Staff Culture that Drives Church Growth with Shayla McCormick

Burnout, Breakthrough, and the Road to a Healthier Ministry with Bob Riedy

Cracking the Outreach Code in Your City with Quovadis Marshall

Leaving Well: A Behind-the-Scenes Story of a Healthy Staff Exit with Rachel Long & Danny Anderson