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 Pillars of Innovation at Google and Why They Matter to Your Church

Rich BirchMay 6, 2015

Susan Wojcicki is the CEO of YouTube (Google's category-dominating video service). She has seen Google grow from the very start ... the company was once based in her garage! In 2011, Wojcicki authored an almost instant classic article entitled "The Eight Pillars of Innovation" about how the company pushes itself forward. These...

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Is “Multisite Church” the Last Good Idea?

Rich BirchMay 5, 2015

Blockbuster video was amazing in its prime. Just 10 years ago, they had 9,000 locations and over 60,000 employees. It made renting a movie "simple and convenient" because they had so many locations. We only had to drive across town to access hundreds of movies from a wide variety of...

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Chris Vacher on Nurturing a New Worship Venue at Your Church

Rich BirchApril 30, 2015

Welcome to this Thursday’s edition of the unSeminary podcast. This week I’m super-excited to be talking to Chris Vacher, also known as Chris from Canada, who is an excellent leader at C4 Church, east of Toronto. Chris got this week’s session started by filling us in on his...

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7 Steps to Take on Monday When Sunday is a Train Wreck at Your Church

Rich BirchApril 29, 2015

Some weekends at your church are better than others. Things seem to fall into place and everything clicks. The band is in the pocket. The announcement time goes well. People connect with the message. Then there are weekends that seem like a total train wreck. Everything goes wrong. Nothing seems...

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7 Tools for Researching Rental Church Facilities

Rich BirchApril 28, 2015

Is your church launching a new campus? Or are you moving from one rental facility to another? At some point in your church's journey, you're going to be looking at new sites. Here are some tips for what to bring along when you visit potential locations: Smartphone Camera // You can't take...

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Mike Linch on Mobilizing Your Church To Impact Your Community

Rich BirchApril 23, 2015

This week I was blessed to have Mike Linch share with me his take on the importance of churches forming relationships with and staying connected to the people in their communities. Mike is a pastor in Kennesaw, Georgia. His church, NorthStar started as a church plant a little...

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6 Netflix Facts that Church Leaders Need to Consider

Rich BirchApril 22, 2015

1/3 of all "prime time" internet traffic is from Netflix. We can't ignore the popularity of Netflix. It's a mixture of clever marketing, excellent deployment and being in the right place at the right time. In a move similar to what iTunes did in the music industry 10 years ago, Netflix has...

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6 Reasons to (Occasionally) Skip Church Announcements

Rich BirchApril 21, 2015

Announcements are the part of your service that move people to action. They help people take their next steps into community with your church. Why would you want to take a break from that on any given weekend? Here are a few reasons why I think it's wise to stop doing announcements...

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Ron Walborn on Evaluating Personal Growth in Your Church

Rich BirchApril 9, 2015

Welcome to this Thursday’s podcast on unSeminary. Today, I had the privilege of talking to Ron Walborn, Dean of Alliance Theological Seminary. We talked about assessment and how to determine if people are growing. I asked Ron what sort of things we should be thinking about as pastors when...

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6 Times Church Communications Needs To Be Clear Not Clever

Rich BirchApril 8, 2015

Clarity is the highest goal of all church communications. Our role is to cut through the clutter and deliver the message we are giving with as much precision as possible. In order to do that we employ a wide variety of tactics to persuade people towards the goals that we've...

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Rich Birch

8 Pillars of Innovation at Google and Why They Matter to Your Church

Is “Multisite Church” the Last Good Idea?

Chris Vacher on Nurturing a New Worship Venue at Your Church

7 Steps to Take on Monday When Sunday is a Train Wreck at Your Church

7 Tools for Researching Rental Church Facilities

Mike Linch on Mobilizing Your Church To Impact Your Community

6 Netflix Facts that Church Leaders Need to Consider

6 Reasons to (Occasionally) Skip Church Announcements

Ron Walborn on Evaluating Personal Growth in Your Church

6 Times Church Communications Needs To Be Clear Not Clever

Rebuilding and Relaunching: Lessons in Church Renewal with James Griffin

Power of a Map, Not a Menu: Transforming Ministry Strategy with Mariners Church’s Jared Kirkwood

Don’t Settle: Why Every Church of 500 Should Aim for 2,000—It’s Faithfulness, Not Ego

Building Leaders for the Next Generation: Insights on Developing Residency Programs with Pat Gillen

Staying Aligned as a Staff Team in a Growing Church: Insights from Andy Hill

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