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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6 Insights from the #IceBucketChallenge for Church Communications

Rich BirchAugust 20, 2014

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 the ALS...

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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...

personal productivity

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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Help Using Announcements to Move People to Action & Practical Social Media Training For You!

Rich BirchJuly 31, 2014

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // Today's episode is a bit a different than a normal church leader interview ... during today's podcast we give you a sneak peek into two resources we're launching that have been designed to help you and your church go further, faster. Looking for more help...

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6 Reasons We Tried To Set a Guinness Book World Record at Our Camp This Summer

Rich BirchJuly 29, 2014

For the last few summers our Family Ministry team has been hosting an arts and music camp called Camp Rock. Our team really does go above and beyond to make it great for our guests who participate. There is a lot that I'd love to celebrate that happens at Camp...

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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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Rich Birch

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!)

Help Using Announcements to Move People to Action & Practical Social Media Training For You!

6 Reasons We Tried To Set a Guinness Book World Record at Our Camp This Summer

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

They’re Looking for God … Don’t Miss Them: Fixing Your Church’s Assimilation Problem with Greg Curtis & Tommy Carreras

Stop Starting from Scratch: How AI Is Changing Sermon Prep with Jon-Michael Sherman & Eric Smith

When Growth Gets Messy: How to Lead a Fast-Growing Church with Brandon Boyd

Why Gifted Leaders Still Fail: Lessons from 25 Years of Ministry with Allen Holmes

How to Be a Church Your Community Actually Trusts with Lou Pizzichillo

When Your Church Runs Out of Room: Smart Next Steps Before You Build with Jeff Beachum & Curt Banter

Making Church Work for Every Family: Building an Inclusive Ministry with Jason & Nan Britt

From 70 to 2,000: Loving People Back to Church in the Northeast with Jeremy Baker