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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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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6 Church Innovations from Churches You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of

Rich BirchMay 1, 2013

It seems like about a dozen churches across the country get all the attention of church leaders when it comes to looking for innovative approaches to ministry. Even though there are over 100,000 churches in the country we all seem fixated on just a few! Today I wanted to highlight...

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6 High-Impact Tips for Showing Appreciation to Church Volunteers

Rich BirchApril 29, 2013

Volunteer teams fuel churches. Imagine what would happen this coming weekend if your entire team didn't show up. Church would really stink. People gravitate toward where they feel valued. If you aren't taking the time to show and tell your volunteers that you value the contributions they make to the...

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Rich Birch

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

6 Church Innovations from Churches You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of

6 High-Impact Tips for Showing Appreciation to Church Volunteers

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

Grow More, Send More: Building a Sending Church with Andrew Hopper

Kids Ministry in a Changing World: Building a Thriving Children’s Ministry with Justyn Smith

How to Make Your Church Irresistible: Proven Strategies for Creating an Invite Culture

From Despair to Connection: Helping Youth Overcome Mental Health Challenges with Will Hutcherson

Rethinking Your Kids’ Ministry Spaces: Aaron Stanski with Practical Tips for Church Leaders