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

8 Lessons Learned from Making 2,005 Phone Calls

Rich BirchApril 23, 2014

Easter at our church was stunning. We had over 5,000 people attend our services - a new record for our little church - but even more incredible is we had almost 200 people stand and make a commitment to follow Jesus! That never gets old ... I'm so thankful to...

communications multisite strategy

26 Lessons from Easter 2014 to Apply to Easter 2015

Rich BirchApril 22, 2014

Easter is the biggest of big days in local church ministry. All of human history swings on the hinge of Easter. For many churches this day is the pinnacle of a long process of inviting and work. It's an exciting time to in ministry in the local church. I emailed...

podcast strategy

Brandon Cox discusses the tension between growth and control for church leaders.

Rich BirchApril 17, 2014

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // Brandon Cox is a church planter, author, church communications expert and all around great guy! In this episode Brandon talks about the "tension" between "growth vs. control" for church leaders. He gives some great insights for senior leaders looking to make an impact in their...

communications

4 Elements of Effective Email Subject Lines for Churches

Rich BirchApril 16, 2014

My friend Kenny Jahng shared this framework at a seminar of his I was at on personal productivity. You should check out his blog or follow him on twitter ... he's got some great stuff to share! Email communication is typically pretty core to a church's communication strategy. We generate lists...

communications

7 Free & Last Minute Tips for Promoting Your Easter Services

Rich BirchApril 14, 2014

Easter is a the biggest of big days ... I know that you've worked hard to ensure that this weekend's services are going to be amazing. There are more people in your community that would come but they are just looking for an invite. Here are some free ways to...

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Will Mancini discusses vision clarity for church leaders.

Rich BirchApril 10, 2014

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // Will Mancini is a former pastor turned consultant and really a friend of local church leaders. His goal is help all church's experience the benefits of stunning, God-given clarity. He's worked with an unprecedented variety of churches from growing mega-churches and missional communities, to mainline...

communications multisite strategy

How one church declared winter dead and invited it’s community to join the party!

Rich BirchApril 9, 2014

Wow! This winter has been a long one! Polar vortex ... record low temperatures ... record high amounts of snow ... it's been a tough one!! I love what Connexus Church did to leverage the negative feelings about winter and celebrate spring. I asked Shawna Lester from Connexus to help...

communications strategy

3 Innovative Companies Church Leaders Should Learn From

Rich BirchApril 6, 2014

I believe that a part of being an effective leader in the church is keeping our eyes and ears open to the world around us and looking for lessons we could learn from the marketplace to apply to our churches. I've been thinking recently about the following companies and how...

podcast strategy

Carey Nieuwhof & Elle Campbell on getting the most out of the Orange Conference. (Or any church leader conference!)

Rich BirchApril 3, 2014

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: // Every spring church leaders from around the world who are concerned about the next generation make a pilgrimage to Atlanta, Georgia for the Orange Conference. This conference is a "must attend event" from my perspective for leaders looking for inspiration and information to help their...

personal productivity

12 Lessons I’ve Learned from unSeminary’s First 300 Posts

Rich BirchApril 2, 2014

This is a total vanity post. :) unSeminary has just passed the 300 article milestone and so I thought I would take time out to reflect on some of the lessons that I've learn through this journey. Always Helping Church Leaders // I love church leaders. They are a totally amazing...