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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Stop Saying Size Doesn’t Matter

Rich BirchOctober 25, 2013

94% of churches are loosing ground against the population growth of their communities. In 2050 the percentage of the US population attending church will be half of 1990. Stop Saying Size Doesn't Matter. Stop Justifying an "Insiders" Mindset. Stop Giving Growing Churches the Stink Eye. Stop Convincing Yourself that a...

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Mark Lesher on Creating Healthy Work Environments for Church Teams

Rich BirchOctober 24, 2013

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // According to Tim Peters, 1,700 Pastors leave the ministry for good every month! A large contributor to that fact is that we've structured our work environments to unhealthy and counter productive. In today's podcast Mark Lesher talks about what he's been doing at Christ Journey...

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6 Tips for a Well Planned Door Hanger Campaign

Rich BirchOctober 22, 2013

On Sunday I bumped into somebody who had recently started attending our church. I was so encouraged after talking with her because it was her third Sunday at Liquid and she was already trying to find a Life Group to get connected to! As we chatted a bit more I...

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Bob Franquiz on Leading a Church that Attracts Unchurched People

Rich BirchOctober 17, 2013

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // Every church thinks it's reaching people far from God ... Bob Franquiz came to the stark reality that his church wasn't. On today's podcast Bob talks about his journey from transforming his church from just reaching "insiders" to becoming a magnetic church that attracts unchurched...

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8 Habits of a Highly Effective Campus Pastor

Rich BirchOctober 14, 2013

I've had the privilege of seeing a lot of multisite campuses over the last 10+ years of leading in multisite churches. During that time I've had the opportunity to see dozens of Campus Pastors up close as they lead their locations. Over the last few months we've been launching our...

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Kenny and Elle Campbell on Best Practices in Middle School Ministry and more!

Rich BirchOctober 10, 2013

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // Today's podcast is packed full of insights from two of most innovative student ministry leaders in the country! Kenny & Elle Campbell serve together in Middle School Ministry at The Chapel at Crosspoint in Buffalo, New York. During today's episode they give practical insights into...

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Jenni Catron on the Internal Life of Church Leaders

Rich BirchOctober 3, 2013

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // Jenni Catron is the executive director at Cross Point Church in Nashville, TN, a 10-year old multi-site church. She leads the staff of Cross Point and oversees the ministry of its multiple campuses. Prior to joining the staff of Cross Point, she worked as Artist Development...

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6 Tips for Making Your Announcements More Visual

Rich BirchOctober 2, 2013

Often when people "do the announcements" at church they just chat through a list of various items. This disregards the fact that our culture is dominated by visual learners and that people respond to the use of imagery in communications. In fact, our broader culture is training our people to...

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10 Tips for Soft Launch Sundays for Multisite Churches

Rich BirchSeptember 30, 2013

Before the big "Grand Opening" of you next multisite campus you need to host a series of "Soft Launch Sundays". These are services designed to get all your teams and systems ready before you cut the ribbon. I've been involved in a bunch of these over the last 10+ years...

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Bobby Williams on Leveraging Email to Follow Up with First Time Guests

Rich BirchSeptember 26, 2013

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // Bobby Williams is the pastor of Ridge Community Church in Oak Ridge, TN. In this episode Bobby gives us insight into a new way of following up with First Time Guests at his church. He talks us through how he's strategically using email to make...