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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5 Lessons from Amazon for Your Church’s Digital Giving Strategy

Rich BirchFebruary 16, 2016

Way back in the mid-1990s there were a lot of companies gunning to be the leader in "online retailing." (Who remembers Pets.com?) Amazon was an early leader. Since then, it has cemented its place as the "everything store" by offering a massive selection of items that are delivered at a...

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Layne Schranz on the “Free Market” Approach to Small Groups

Rich BirchFebruary 11, 2016

Welcome to the unSeminary podcast. Today we’re honored to have Layne Schranz from Church of the Highlands. Church of the Highlands was started in 2001 and now has 12 campuses with 31,000 members. It was started as part of an experiment among a small group of pastors and was so...

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14 Reasons Why Pastors Avoid Preaching About Money

Rich BirchFebruary 9, 2016

Today we’re honored to have John Finkelde guest posting for us. He pastored at C3 Church Hepburn Heights in Western Australia for 30 years and now provides church consulting and coaching with his wife, Dianne, to the larger body of Christ. The atmosphere was colder than an arctic winter. Palpable hostility was written all over some...

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Mark Mellen on Funding Initiatives in Your Church

Rich BirchFebruary 4, 2016

Hello, everyone, and thank you for joining in to this week’s episode of the unSeminary podcast. Today our guest is Mark Mellen at Elevate Life Church in Florida. Elevate Life has about 1200 attendees and is one of the fastest growing churches in the country. Mark describes Elevate Life as...

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6 Practices of Churches with Increasing Generosity

Rich BirchFebruary 2, 2016

There are two kinds of church leaders ... those who worry about finances and those who lie about not worrying about it. If we're honest, many of us have lost sleep over the generosity of our churches. We're filled with God-given vision but we wonder how that vision will be...

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Darin Poli on Networking with Other Leaders to Accelerate Your Ministry

Rich BirchJanuary 28, 2016

Welcome back to this week’s episode of the unSeminary podcast. I’m excited to have Darin Poli, Executive Pastor of River Valley Church, with me today. River Valley Church is a great church in the Twin Cities metro area of Minnesota and is celebrating their 20th anniversary this year. They...

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6 Reasons to Launch Your Next Multisite Campus This Year

Rich BirchJanuary 26, 2016

What if this was the year your church multiplied? Rather than putting it off until some future date, what would happen if your team leaned in and made the decision to do it this year? You're going to have to start before you feel ready. So ... you don't feel...

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Brent Dolfo on Critical Leadership Development Lessons from Growing Churches

Rich BirchJanuary 21, 2016

Hello, everyone! Welcome to this episode of unSeminary. Thank you so much for tuning in. I’m honored to have Brent Dolfo from Leadership Network today. I like to say Leadership Network guys are the smartest guys in the room! They’re an organization that is really dedicated to increasing the...

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8 Mistakes Most Churches Will Make in 2016

Rich BirchJanuary 19, 2016

This time of year brings reflection on the past 12 months and wondering what could have been done differently. Or you may be looking to the future and asking what needs to change and where to start. Consider this: The vast majority of churches in our country aren't making an...

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Bob Smith on Church Governance that Helps Fuel Growth

Rich BirchJanuary 14, 2016

Welcome to this episode of the unSeminary podcast. Today I’m excited to have Bob Smith of 2|42 Community Church on the show. 2|42 Community Church was started in 2005 and has been one of the fastest growing churches in the country for a few years in a row, now having...