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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7 Books to Add Your Christmas Break Reading List

Rich BirchDecember 17, 2013

Every year there is a lull in activity after Christmas but before things really heat up in January and I love taking some time to read in that window. I find that it's a great time of year to reflect and reorient my own leadership as I look forward to...

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Ben Stroup on Leveraging Content to Move People to Action

Rich BirchDecember 12, 2013

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // Today's interview is a first for the unSeminary Podcast ... we have Ben Stroup joining us and he's not a local church leader! Ben is an expert on leveraging content to move people towards action. Today's podcast is perfect for church leaders who have ever...

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6 Lessons I Learned From Spending a Day with a Homeless Survivor

Rich BirchDecember 10, 2013

Today's post is more personal than what I normally write here ... I'm attempting to understand something that happened to me last weekend when I had the honor of hosting David as he visited one of our campuses. David is a survivor of homelessness after having lived on the streets...

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8 Tips for Leading Your Leaders

Rich BirchDecember 10, 2013

"If you believe lack of authority prevents you from leading effectively, it is time to rethink your understanding of leadership." — Mike Bonem and Roger Patterson Most ministry leaders are following someone. We all have leaders in authority "over" us. I've spent most of my ministry career responding to other...

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Kristy Rutter on Making Church Mergers Work

Rich BirchDecember 5, 2013

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // Kristy works with New Campus Development for The Chapel, a multisite church in greater Chicago area. Since joining The Chapel in 2009 she has helped them grow from four to eight campuses mostly through mergers. Today's episode is full of insights from her on how...

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15 Lessons from 17 Different Church Bulletins

Rich BirchDecember 3, 2013

Recently I emailed some friends and asked them to grab their bulletins from their weekend services at their church and mail them to me. I was overwhelmed when just over 100 that arrived in my mailbox or email! It was so fun looking in at what's going on at so...

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Free Personal Productivity Webinar for Pastors

Rich BirchNovember 28, 2013

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // Today's podcast is a FREE webinar on personal productivity designed specifically for church leaders. This episode is packed full of practical tools to help you do more with the time you've been given. We take a deep dive into how to effectively manage the dreaded...

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6 Questions to Ask When A Ministry Lacks Traction at Your Church

Rich BirchNovember 25, 2013

We've all had ministries or programs in our church that aren't going well. They lack critical mass to make the sort of impact we are looking for. They seem just a little stale and past their prime. Your people are "voting with their feet" and not showing up to the...

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Carlos Lollett on Leading a Growing Multisite Church Musical Worship Ministry

Rich BirchNovember 21, 2013

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // Carlos Lollett is the worship director at Christ Fellowship in Miami, Florida. He leads the musical worship efforts across 6 locations with over 20 services every weekend! Listen in on this interview as he gives some great insights about finding, training and releasing artists in...

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8 Practical Ways for Family Ministries to Partner with Parents

Rich BirchNovember 20, 2013

I think that there are very few ministries as strategically important to the growth and health of your church like your children's and student's ministries. Senior leaders need to invest time, effort and energy to make these ministries cornerstones of what your church "does" to serve the community. My kids...