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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Rob Cizek on How the Direct Communication Style Can Improve Your Leadership

Rich BirchJuly 24, 2014

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // Rob Cizek is Executive Pastor at Northshore Christian Church, a non-denominational church of 1,500 and Christian academy of 1000 in the Seattle area. He oversees daily operation of the organization and its ministries. In today's interview he provides some great coaching for church leaders looking...

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8 Bad Habits in Church Communications

Rich BirchJuly 20, 2014

We can get stuck in a rut when it comes to our leadership and church communications. Even in the most "progressive" churches we can just do things the way that they have always been done. Here are a few areas that I think we can suffer from our past habits...

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5 New Habits to Help Church Leaders Do More in Less Time

Rich BirchJuly 18, 2014

As a church leader there is always more vision than there is time to get it done. This is a perfect time of year to rethink the way you work and adopt some new processes. Here are a few areas that would be worth considering to increase your output for...

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Anne Marie Miller Helps Church Leaders Avoid Burnout

Rich BirchJuly 17, 2014

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // Anne speaks at colleges, conventions and churches on topics of social justice, sexuality, health, addiction, and general Biblical themes of grace and restoration. She has traveled around the United States and to over 20 countries telling the stories of hope found in least likely places....

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How to Thrive (not just survive) This Summer At Your Church!

Rich BirchJuly 10, 2014

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // Today's unSeminary podcast is a special episode designed to help you thrive (not just survive) this summer at your church. We all know that summer can be a tough time for churches ... lagging attendance, lower volunteer engagement, revenue is down ... but what if...

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6 Reasons Your Church Should Record It’s Own Music

Rich BirchJuly 8, 2014

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um5OK6pnyD0] Over the last few months our music team has been working to record, produce and release an original worship song. This song was written by one of our team members and it sprang up out of some stuff that was happening in the life of our church. It's...

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8 Charts That Explain How Our Culture is Changing. (& 24 questions about the impact on your church)

Rich BirchJuly 2, 2014

One of our roles as church leaders is to have our pulse on the shifting cultural around us so we can serve our community better. We need understand the times so we can have clarity on what actions we should be taking as a church. Below are some "signs of the...

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9 Lessons on Effective Church Job Descriptions (& 59 FREE Samples!)

Rich BirchJune 29, 2014

Recently I asked some friends of mine to help me understand how they use job descriptions in their churches and I've pulled together those learnings into this post so we can all benefit! I'm so thankful for the churches that answered my questions and for them providing the great examples...

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Darsen Sowers on the importance of reaching the 4-14 window.

Rich BirchJune 26, 2014

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // Darsen Sowers is a Kid's Worship leader at Reimage Church in Greenville, NC. He has written music specifically geared for children ages 3 to 10 and has a passion for reaching the next generation with the message of Jesus. On today's podcast we talk about...

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8 Reasons I was Wrong About Short Term Missions Trips

Rich BirchJune 24, 2014

Disclaimer: I'm not a cross-cultural ministry expert and I won't play one on my blog. If you are interested in this topic a must read book in my world is When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself. I also did an interview...

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Rich Birch

Rob Cizek on How the Direct Communication Style Can Improve Your Leadership

8 Bad Habits in Church Communications

5 New Habits to Help Church Leaders Do More in Less Time

Anne Marie Miller Helps Church Leaders Avoid Burnout

How to Thrive (not just survive) This Summer At Your Church!

6 Reasons Your Church Should Record It’s Own Music

8 Charts That Explain How Our Culture is Changing. (& 24 questions about the impact on your church)

9 Lessons on Effective Church Job Descriptions (& 59 FREE Samples!)

Darsen Sowers on the importance of reaching the 4-14 window.

8 Reasons I was Wrong About Short Term Missions Trips

Christ Fellowship Miami: Homegrown Leaders, Global Impact in a Thriving Multisite Model

Multisite Myths Busted: How to Overcome the Biggest Multisite Growing Pains

One Church: Preaching, Prayer & Presence—A Fresh Take on The Multisite Model

Many Locations, One Church: How to Keep Your DNA While Adapting to Local Campuses

The Summit Church: Clarity, Culture & Core—Keys to Leading 13 Campuses

Is Your Church Ready for Multisite? Avoiding Costly Mistakes Before You Launch

Future-Focused Churches: Why Relational Discipleship Matters with Kara Powell

The Leadership Balancing Act: Building Trust as a Middle Manager in a Large Church with Diana Rush