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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4 Great Books for Church Leaders and Their Teams

Rich BirchNovember 26, 2014

Are you thinking about your leadership development for next year? Perhaps you're looking for a book to give to your team for Christmas? Here are four books that I've read and consider great options for pastors and church leaders to use with their teams: The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses,...

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5 Walt Disney World Innovations to Apply at Your Church

Rich BirchNovember 25, 2014

Over the years, I've had the privilege of taking a bunch of family vacations at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. I love it ... partly because it's such a fun place to visit and partly because I find leadership lessons everywhere I look. My family recently spent a week at WDW...

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Dan Reiland on Launching 5 New Campuses on the Same Sunday!

Rich BirchNovember 20, 2014

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // Dan is the the Executive Pastor of 12 Stone Church in Georgia. He’s been known as the “pastors’ coach” because he provides practical and encouraging insights for pastors across the country. In this episode Dan gives us a behind the scenes look at 12Stone Church...

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17 Ridiculous Stock Images of Church Leaders

Rich BirchNovember 19, 2014

unSeminary is all about providing helpful resources for pastors, ministers and church leaders. Today we're going to take a break and just have a little fun. Check out these totally crazy stock images that try to capture what it's like to be in ministry! NOTE: We can't help ourselves from...

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6 Questions to Ask Before Your Church Does a 90-Day Tithe Challenge

Rich BirchNovember 18, 2014

We've just come out of a 90-Day Tithe Challenge at my church and it had a profound impact on our financial picture. We were going through a series on Malachi in June and it seemed like a perfect fit with the third part of the series. For those who don't know, a...

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Greg Atkinson on Innovation from a Biblical Perspective

Rich BirchNovember 6, 2014

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // Greg Atkinson is an author, pastor, blogger and all around great guy! This is his second appearance on the unSeminary podcast and we're excited to have him today. Today he's talking about what innovation looks like from a biblical perspective and the role it should...

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5 Lessons Learned from Launching Our Own Middle School Curriculum

Rich BirchNovember 5, 2014

Erin Ricca & Tanja Martin I love the Family Ministry team at my church. They make me proud for a number of reasons ... they're creative, they pursue excellence, they are concerned with partnering with parents, and they take risks. This fall our team put together our first homegrown curriculum...

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5 Reasons Your Church Should Add Loops to Your Worship Music

Rich BirchNovember 4, 2014

Today we have a very special guest blogging at unSeminary! Clint Taylor is one of the worship leaders at Liquid Church. He's a sharp thinker and a sensitive soul. He's also a fantastic musician and pastoral leader in our community. I asked him to write about what he's learning as...

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Richard Clark talks about Christ and Pop Culture.

Rich BirchOctober 30, 2014

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // Richard Clark is the Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Christ and Pop Culture. He lives with his wife in Louisville, KY and has a MA in Theology and the Arts from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. On this episode Richard explores how Church Leaders should interact with...

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Do Saturday Emails Increase Sunday Church Attendance?

Rich BirchOctober 29, 2014

Recently in the unSeminary Premium private Facebook group, a conversation started about whether email is a predictable driver of attendance at churches. We decided to do a small study on this question last weekend. 81 churches sent emails on Saturday and then measured to see if doing so made any difference...