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.

communications

7 Alternatives to Sunday Morning Announcements

Rich BirchJune 4, 2013

Ministry leaders think if they just get their event or program "promoted from the stage" people will flood into it. Church communications people are peppered with requests all the time for people wanting to get "their deal" in the announcements. The urgency from those leaders leans towards desperate. However, the more...

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7 Reasons for Regular Church Invite Cards (& 6 Tips to Make Them More Effective!)

Rich BirchMay 31, 2013

As communications continues to shift towards more digital and online we've found an increasing value in producing regular invite promotional cards for our people. We used to only do this for "big days" or "special series" but we've shifted to do this for every series. Over this last year we've...

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7 Decision Making Skills for Church Leaders to Help Fight Confirmation Bias

Rich BirchMay 29, 2013

“It is difficult to lay aside a confirmed passion.” – Caius Valerius Catullus We are all impacted by confirmation bias. We develop a belief about a situation then seek out information that bolsters that belief. We end up analyzing our options through the filters of what we already believe to be...

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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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Rich Birch

7 Alternatives to Sunday Morning Announcements

7 Reasons for Regular Church Invite Cards (& 6 Tips to Make Them More Effective!)

7 Decision Making Skills for Church Leaders to Help Fight Confirmation Bias

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

Rebuilding and Relaunching: Lessons in Church Renewal with James Griffin

Power of a Map, Not a Menu: Transforming Ministry Strategy with Mariners Church’s Jared Kirkwood

Don’t Settle: Why Every Church of 500 Should Aim for 2,000—It’s Faithfulness, Not Ego

Building Leaders for the Next Generation: Insights on Developing Residency Programs with Pat Gillen

Staying Aligned as a Staff Team in a Growing Church: Insights from Andy Hill

Embracing Digital for Church Growth: Insights from Saddleback’s Online Pastor Jay Kranda

Stability in Transition: Insights on Church Succession from Drake Farmer

Leadership People Will Trust: Insights from Jenni Field’s Nobody Believes You