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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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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J. Warner Wallace on How to Do More Apologetics at Your Church Without Boring People

Rich BirchMay 29, 2014

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // J. Warner Wallace is a cold-case homicide detective, a Christian case maker and an author. Jim was a conscientious and vocal atheist through his undergraduate and graduate work in Design and Architecture (CSULB and UCLA); he always considered himself to be an “evidentialist”. His experience...

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George Mekhail on launching multiple campuses after closing the first one.

Rich BirchMay 22, 2014

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // Today's podcast is a conversation with the Executive Pastor at a fast growing church in the North West called East Lake Church. Sprouting out of the one of the least "churched" communities in the country, East Lake gives some fascinating insights into reaching out into...

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5 Keys To Revitalizing Your Church’s Musical Worship Culture

Rich BirchMay 21, 2014

Jason is a leader I want you to get to know. He's been on our team here at Liquid Church for less than a year but has done so much to help us "reboot" our worship culture. We charged him with the task of rebuilding what we do ... and...

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5 Lessons Learned from Starting a Special Needs Ministry

Rich BirchMay 20, 2014

Today I'm super honored to have Suzi Soares writing on the blog. It's my privilege to serve alongside Suzi at Liquid Church ... she's a member of our Family Ministry Leadership Team. In today's post she talks about some of the lessons we've learned as we set off to launch a ministry...

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Rich Birch

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

J. Warner Wallace on How to Do More Apologetics at Your Church Without Boring People

George Mekhail on launching multiple campuses after closing the first one.

5 Keys To Revitalizing Your Church’s Musical Worship Culture

5 Lessons Learned from Starting a Special Needs Ministry

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

From Living Room to 5,000: Leading a Fast-Growing Church with Jason Hanash

Leading Change Without Losing Your Team with Craig Smith

Should You “Leap” Instead of “Stretch”? Rethinking Multisite Expansion for Prevailing Churches