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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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...

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How to Lead a Church Strategic Review Session

Rich BirchSeptember 24, 2013

At least on an annual basis your church leadership needs to take some time away to consider how you are doing in reaching your mission. Many churches have found that the SWOT analysis is a helpful tool for evaluating their organizational progress. SWOT is an acronym for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities...

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Carey Nieuwhof on Leading Your Church Through Change

Rich BirchSeptember 19, 2013

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // Carey Nieuwhof has led more change in his church in the last 10 years than most pastors will lead in 10 lifetimes! Carey is a "must listen to" leader for church leaders wanting to understand how to lead your church through change. This episode is packed...

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7 Essential Smartphone Apps for Church Leaders

Rich BirchSeptember 15, 2013

There is no doubt that the explosion of mobile phone technology is changing the way work gets done! However, trying to figure out which apps would help a church leader can be a daunting task. It seems like there are hundreds of different apps for every conceivable use under the...

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Corrin Bauer on Social Media Best Practices for Churches

Rich BirchSeptember 12, 2013

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // Corrin Bauer is the social media guru behind everything at Mars Hill Church. Today's episode is packed full of practical insights on leveraging social media channels for ministry outcomes. Corrin manages social media channels that currently reach over 500,000 people daily and in this interview...

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6 Times When Your Church Needs to Change Its Strategy

Rich BirchSeptember 11, 2013

The vision of your church will always stay the same ... usually it has something to do with reaching people and helping them grow in their faith. The strategy will mostly stay the same over the years because you build organizational momentum through consistently executing the same strategy. However, there...

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7 Warning Signs Your Church Is Struggling

Rich BirchSeptember 10, 2013

Often in church leadership, we get so busy working "in the church" that it becomes harder to work "on the church." We're so focused on making weekends happen and caring for people that we lose perspective on whether we're seeing a difference in our community. The reality is, as church...