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Rich Birch

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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8 Ways Meetings are Killing the Mission of Your Church

Rich BirchRich Birch
“We're now addicted to meetings that insulate us from the work we ought to be doing.” ― Al Pittampalli, Read This Before Our Next Meeting Leaders who don't like meetings are like dentists who don't like teeth. Leaders who don't think critically about their meeting cultures are like dentists who...
strategy

6 Reasons the Next Hire at Your Church Should Be External

Rich BirchRich Birch
Hiring "from within" is a common value in many churches. In fact, some leaders see it as a badge of honor that they only hire people who have "come up" through their ministry context. In the worst cases, leaders are condescending about churches that bring in people from other communities. That is a...
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6 Ways Teaching Leads Your Church

Rich BirchRich Birch
Whether you call it teaching or preaching, the message in your main service leads your church. It's core to what makes your church ... your church. In fact, in a very real sense your community is simply gathered around the main teaching at your church. Here are ways that teaching...
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Traction Tactic // Publishing as an Invite Tool

Rich BirchRich Birch
Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: //    Programming Note // The unSeminary Podcast is going to be on a hiatus until September. We'll return then with lots of great new episodes with some fascinating church leaders. Enjoy the summer! Today’s episode is a little different than usual. Instead of hosting an interview...
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3 Tools Every Campus Pastor Needs

Rich BirchRich Birch
Core to every approach to multisite church are campus pastors. There are thousands of these local pastoral leaders enabling churches to reach more people faster than any other approach to church growth today. They are my heroes! I've had the privilege to see dozens of them up close over the last...
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