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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Clayton Walker on Reaching Unchurched Millennials

Rich BirchNovember 5, 2015

Thanks so much for joining us again for today’s episode of unSeminary. I’m here today with Clayton Walker from Experience Life Church in West Texas. Experience Life Church was started in 2007 and has grown phenomenally, now with 5 locations. Clayton is the executive pastor and he oversees the campuses...

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6 Pastoral Tips for Non-Pastoral Types

Rich BirchNovember 3, 2015

Church leaders come in all shapes and sizes. Some of us are strategic thinkers ... some aren't. You might be called to teach the Bible ... while others don't have that same burning drive. Some of us love being around and helping other people ... while others don't. Does not being...

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Christine Kreisher challenges us to stop recruiting and start retaining volunteers

Rich BirchOctober 29, 2015

Today’s guest and I have literally tried for months to get together and so I’m honored to have her with us today. Christine Kreisher is a connections pastor at GT Church in Pennsylvania. As the connections pastor, Christine oversees the first time guest’s experience and discipleship with GT Church....

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2 Critical Reasons Christmas is Strategically Important to Growing Churches

Rich BirchOctober 28, 2015

Christmas is coming! Don't miss one of the best opportunities to connect with people and grow your church in a significant way. People in your community will be looking for a church to attend this time of year ... how are you leveraging this opportunity? I used to be one...

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Jim Pourteau on Moving Beyond Positional Influence at Your Church

Rich BirchOctober 22, 2015

Thanks for listening in today! I’m honored to have Jim Pourteau from Destination Church joining me on the podcast. Jim is both an executive pastor and campus pastor at Destination. He started as a volunteer who was looking for a place to worship, but in the process of serving,...

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6 Things Consultants Won’t Tell You About Capital Campaigns

Rich BirchOctober 21, 2015

Growing churches will at some point need to ask their community to give "above and beyond" normal giving to support the needs of the church. More than just "fundraising," these campaigns are often "faithraising" experiences in which the church focuses on the bigger vision of what God is calling the church...

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Chad Fisher on Leading a Millennial Mega-Church

Rich BirchOctober 15, 2015

Hello, everyone. Today I’m happy to be chatting with Chad Fisher from Rock City Church in Columbus, Ohio. Rock City Church has been pegged as one of the fastest growing churches in the country for two years in a row, so obviously they’ve gotten some things figured out around...

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4 Effective Frameworks to Articulate Change to Your Team (Plus 4 FREE PowerPoint Templates to Use!)

Rich BirchOctober 14, 2015

You have a meeting coming up with your team in which you need to walk them through a change at your church ... how should you structure the information? The way you communicate change is a critical part of the process. The following approaches work well as frameworks for presentations in meetings....

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5 Tips on How to Have That Critical Conversation You’re Too Afraid to Have

Rich BirchOctober 9, 2015

Carey Nieuwhof is a leader you need to follow and I count him as a friend. This week he released his latest book and I’m honored to have him guest post here today at unSeminary. Carey has led through some incredible change at his church … he’s not talking about...

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Hal Seed on Widening the Front Door of Your Church

Rich BirchOctober 8, 2015

Hello, everyone! Thanks for listening in to the unSeminary podcast. Today I’m honored to have Hal Seed from New Song Community Church in Oceanside, California. New Song is a church with five campuses that is doing a lot of great stuff and reaching their community with a big impact. It was...

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Rich Birch

Clayton Walker on Reaching Unchurched Millennials

6 Pastoral Tips for Non-Pastoral Types

Christine Kreisher challenges us to stop recruiting and start retaining volunteers

2 Critical Reasons Christmas is Strategically Important to Growing Churches

Jim Pourteau on Moving Beyond Positional Influence at Your Church

6 Things Consultants Won’t Tell You About Capital Campaigns

Chad Fisher on Leading a Millennial Mega-Church

4 Effective Frameworks to Articulate Change to Your Team (Plus 4 FREE PowerPoint Templates to Use!)

5 Tips on How to Have That Critical Conversation You’re Too Afraid to Have

Hal Seed on Widening the Front Door of Your Church

Why Your Church Staff Might Be Out of Alignment (and How to Fix It) with Devin Goins

End of Secularization? What If This Is the Revival We’ve Been Waiting For?

3 Churches That Leveraged Christmas Well … and What You Should Copy This Year

Dream Again: A Church’s Journey from Debt to Deep Impact with Mike Winger

Why Christmas Can Still Be the Biggest Service of the Year At Your Church

Leading Through Stress Without Burning Out with Charles Stone

Active Ushering: Why Your Church Needs to Embrace It, Especially When the Room Is Half Full

Reaching Gen Z Starts with Rethinking Church with Russ Ewell