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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11 Guidelines for Multisite Central Staff When Visiting Campuses

Rich BirchMay 28, 2013

Recently I was talking with a church leader in a multisite church that broke my heart. This leader was reflecting on when their central services counterpart would come and visit their campus to "help". "They just show and vomit all over our people ..." this leader said. Too much information...

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10 Performance Based Interview Questions for Church Leaders

Rich BirchMay 24, 2013

Often when we hire staff in a church context we are thinking about the potential a candidate has for the future. A part of the way we're wired as church leaders is to see the best in people ... to believe that people will develop and become "better". Although this...

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4 Tactics for Making Your Church Social Media Posts Less Spammy

Rich BirchMay 22, 2013

Have you ever noticed that the status updates used by a lot churches in Facebook or on Twitter feel less like an engaging conversation and more like a greasy used car salesman. "New series coming up this weekend!" "Join a Life Group this Spring!" "The Most Amazing Thing is Happening...

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9 Reasons Your Church Needs to Host a 5k (or some other mass mobilization event)

Rich BirchMay 20, 2013

I love how three or four times a year we attempt to mobilize our whole church to serve our community. Whether it's through relief work after a major storm or doing an "extreme makeover" of a local soup kitchen in 24 hours ... these have been some the proudest days of my entire...

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How Google I/O 2013 Announcements Will Impact Your Church

Rich BirchMay 16, 2013

Google I/O is an annual developer-focused conference held by Google in San Francisco, California. This conference gives us an inside look at where technology and web are headed in the coming years. The technology that is announced at this conference will impact your church. Here is a list of some of the announcements made during...

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9 Secrets of Dynamic Weekly Team Emails for Church Leaders

Rich BirchMay 15, 2013

Sending out a weekly email to your team is an effective way to make sure that your people are focused on the same thing going into the weekend. A good weekly email is part logistics reminder part talking points and part motivational propaganda. If you don't currently send out weekly emails...

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6 Challenges Digital Natives Present for Gen-X Church Leaders

Rich BirchMay 10, 2013

"By age 20, children will have spent 20,000 hours online — the same amount of time a professional piano player would have spent practicing…" - Dr. Urs Gasser (co-author of Born Digital) Students graduating from high school this year are at the leading edge of the digital native generation. Information technology...

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8 Lessons on Creating an Even BIGGER Day 4 Weeks After Easter!

Rich BirchMay 9, 2013

Today's Guest Blogger is my friend Roscoe Lilly. Roscoe is the lead pastor at NorthStar Church in Albany, NY. I love talking with leaders reaching people in tough communities and as you will read in this post Albany has been acknowledges as possibly the toughest place in the country to reach people...

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5 Reasons It’s More Important for Pastors to Use Social Media Than Churches

Rich BirchMay 7, 2013

When I first encountered Facebook it was when I was at a speaking event on a University campus that had access to up-start social network trying to take on MySpace. The student leaders we met with for lunch we're talking about this amazing new tool for connecting with each other....

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4 Lessons Learned From Using a Virtual Assistant

Rich BirchMay 3, 2013

Today I'm honored to have Jeff Brodie providing a guest post. Jeff is a leader that you need to get to know. He is the Executive Director at Connexus Community Church, a multi-campus church north of Toronto, and a strategic partner of North Point Ministries. He has been working with...

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Rich Birch

11 Guidelines for Multisite Central Staff When Visiting Campuses

10 Performance Based Interview Questions for Church Leaders

4 Tactics for Making Your Church Social Media Posts Less Spammy

9 Reasons Your Church Needs to Host a 5k (or some other mass mobilization event)

How Google I/O 2013 Announcements Will Impact Your Church

9 Secrets of Dynamic Weekly Team Emails for Church Leaders

6 Challenges Digital Natives Present for Gen-X Church Leaders

8 Lessons on Creating an Even BIGGER Day 4 Weeks After Easter!

5 Reasons It’s More Important for Pastors to Use Social Media Than Churches

4 Lessons Learned From Using a Virtual Assistant

40 Day All-In Campaigns for Your Church: Unleashing Discipleship & Growth with Zach Zehnder

5 Counterintuitive Truths About Hiring for Church Leadership

Volunteering as Mission: Cultivating a Culture of Engagement with Mary Ann Sibley

From 1,000 to 2,000 in 1,000 Days: Key Metrics for Explosive Church Growth

Embracing the Future with Humility: Community Christian’s Leadership Succession with Ted Coniaris

Attention Economy: Understanding Its Impact On Your Church’s Mission

Redemptive Poverty Work: Transforming Urban Communities Through Faith with Rev. Dr. Alvin Sanders

Easter 2024 Stats Exposed: Insights Your Church Can’t Afford to Ignore