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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William Vanderbloemen on Pastoral Succession That Works.

Rich BirchSeptember 4, 2014

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // William has been able to combine over 15 years of ministry experience as a Senior Pastor with the best practices of Executive Search to provide churches with a unique offering: a deep understanding of local church work with the very best knowledge and practices of...

communications

8 Reasons People Aren’t Listening to Your Announcements

Rich BirchSeptember 3, 2014

This weekend all across the country people are going to get up in front of their churches and talk about upcoming events and opportunities to connect with community. They want to move their people to action but in reality a large portion of the room will simply tune out for...

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Jim Tomberlin & Tim Cool on Current Trends in Church Facilities

Rich BirchAugust 28, 2014

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // Growing churches today are utilizing multisite and church planting strategies to reproduce themselves for greater outreach and impact. This interview features a robost conversation with Jim Tomberlin & Tim Cool about the new rules for church buildings in a multisite, church planting, and giga-church world....

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6 Ways to Use Your Smartphone For Video in Church Communications (& 4 Tips to Make it Good!)

Rich BirchAugust 26, 2014

I've been thinking about this #IceBucketChallenge and how it's proven that smartphone videos are simple to produce and effective in communicating. How are you using the movie studio in your pocket to communicate with your people? Here are some ideas you can try this week! Volunteer Thank You // After your...

communications podcast

How to Record, Produce & Release Your Church’s Music.

Rich BirchAugust 21, 2014

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // Today's podcast is a rebroadcast of a webinar that we hosted at unSeminary all about how to record, produce and release your church's music. We dive deep with two leaders from Liquid Church as we talk about their experience with a song they just released...

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6 Insights from the #IceBucketChallenge for Church Communications

Rich BirchAugust 20, 2014

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY0IRo8LJyU] In case you've been asleep for the last two weeks ... here is Wikipedia's description of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge: The Ice Bucket Challenge, sometimes called the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, is an activity involving dumping a bucket of ice water on one's head or donating to...

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8 Phases of Effective Christmas Giving Campaigns

Rich BirchAugust 19, 2014

Are you tired of starting the year at your church feeling as if you are already behind financially? Have you ever wanted to fund new ministry initiatives but you weren't sure where to get the money? Are you worried that you aren't going to finish this year "in the black"...

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Chris Rivers on Cultivating Your Church’s Culture

Rich BirchAugust 14, 2014

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // For nearly 10 years whether it be financial, leadership, or even ministry help, God has allowed Chris to work with ministry leaders to help them maximize the challenges that come from effectively transferring vision to their team. In this interview Chris talks about the importance...

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Justin Lathrop Cautions Church Leaders About Social Media

Rich BirchAugust 7, 2014

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // With over a dozen years of local church ministry Justin has spent the last several years starting business' and ministries that partner with pastors and churches to advance the Kingdom. He is the founder of Helpstaff.me (now Vanderbloemen Search), Oaks School of Leadership, and MinistryCoach.tv...

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5 Reasons Church Leaders Need to Unplug This Week (& 6 Ways to Do It!)

Rich BirchAugust 4, 2014

https://vimeo.com/58875369 What if this week you took the "unplug challenge" and invested an hour every day to focus on the important, not the urgent? What if rather than just letting your week happen to you ... you pushed back and devoted an uninterrupted hour to your ministry each day? As I've met leaders who are...

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Rich Birch

William Vanderbloemen on Pastoral Succession That Works.

8 Reasons People Aren’t Listening to Your Announcements

Jim Tomberlin & Tim Cool on Current Trends in Church Facilities

6 Ways to Use Your Smartphone For Video in Church Communications (& 4 Tips to Make it Good!)

How to Record, Produce & Release Your Church’s Music.

6 Insights from the #IceBucketChallenge for Church Communications

8 Phases of Effective Christmas Giving Campaigns

Chris Rivers on Cultivating Your Church’s Culture

Justin Lathrop Cautions Church Leaders About Social Media

5 Reasons Church Leaders Need to Unplug This Week (& 6 Ways to Do It!)

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

Grow More, Send More: Building a Sending Church with Andrew Hopper

Kids Ministry in a Changing World: Building a Thriving Children’s Ministry with Justyn Smith

How to Make Your Church Irresistible: Proven Strategies for Creating an Invite Culture

From Despair to Connection: Helping Youth Overcome Mental Health Challenges with Will Hutcherson

Rethinking Your Kids’ Ministry Spaces: Aaron Stanski with Practical Tips for Church Leaders