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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Is video driven worship the next step to multiply your ministry?

Rich BirchFebruary 27, 2013

Today we have a guest post from Andy Tilly. Andy is the Pastor of Family Ministries at Crosstimber Church in Dallas. He's an innovative leader in one of most dynamic ministries in the country. He's a speaker, author, consultant, film maker and pretty nice guy! I'm thankful that Andy was...

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5 Ways to Encourage Easter Attendance the Week Before Easter

Rich BirchFebruary 25, 2013

Easter is right around the corner ... the time to plan out your "last week" strategy is right now! There will be a large percentage of your first-time guests that won't make a decision to attend your church until the days before Easter. So you need a plan that encourages...

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Open Letter to My Youth Pastor Self.

Rich BirchFebruary 21, 2013

I started my ministry career as a youth pastor. It was a long time ago ... like so long that people were watching Seinfeld and kids were listening to Foo Fighters. Now as a parent of a middle schooler I think back on those days with a certain amount of nostalgia and longing. Today's...

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Church is fun. Right?

Rich BirchFebruary 20, 2013

If the core message of the church is "good news" ... then we should be a pretty fun bunch right? We have a message that literally sets people free to live the life God desires ... so people should feel freedom when they experience our environments! A relationship with Jesus...

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4 Easter Promotion Hacks to Drive Attendance

Rich BirchFebruary 18, 2013

We are just a few weeks away from Easter! This is one of those days in the calendar when people are willing to invite their family and friends to attend your church with them. This year we are adding some new components to our communication plan with our people. We're...

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4 Language Pitfalls Multisite Church Leaders Need to Avoid!

Rich BirchFebruary 15, 2013

The language we use as church leaders has the potential to shape the culture of our church because it frames peoples thinking. Often the language we use when we launch a new ministry can set it on an unintended course simply through the way we've helped people understand it. Here...

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Jimmy Fallon’s Desk & Your Church Services

Rich BirchFebruary 14, 2013

Why does Jimmy Fallon sit behind a desk? Do we really believe that is his office and all these people are coming to see him? Why does he have that coffee cup and pens on the desk? Is he really drinking coffee and writing memos to his staff? For that matter...

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Quick Tip to Reduce Calendar Chaos! [video]

Rich BirchFebruary 11, 2013

[vimeo 59369121 w=500 h=281] Looking for more? Do you use Google Calendar? An oldy but a goody....

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People don’t read the Bible. What we’re doing to reverse that trend.

Rich BirchFebruary 8, 2013

Almost a year ago we started talking about doing a "40 Day Bible Challenge" as a leadership team. The big idea was to ask our people to read through the entire New Testament in the two months leading up to Easter 2013. Our goal was to have 3,000 people who...

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Are free t-shirts a vain waste of church resources or a strategic communication tool?

Rich BirchFebruary 6, 2013

A few times every year an invoice passes across my desk for t-shirts and I cringe a little bit. We spend a lot of money every year on t-shirts. We give them out to our first time guests, our volunteer teams, our community outreach participants, people who get baptized, our...

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Rich Birch

Is video driven worship the next step to multiply your ministry?

5 Ways to Encourage Easter Attendance the Week Before Easter

Open Letter to My Youth Pastor Self.

Church is fun. Right?

4 Easter Promotion Hacks to Drive Attendance

4 Language Pitfalls Multisite Church Leaders Need to Avoid!

Jimmy Fallon’s Desk & Your Church Services

Quick Tip to Reduce Calendar Chaos! [video]

People don’t read the Bible. What we’re doing to reverse that trend.

Are free t-shirts a vain waste of church resources or a strategic communication tool?

From 1,000 to 2,000 in 1,000 Days: Engagement Pathway Best Practices

Exploiting Limits for Church Growth: Insights from A Better Theory’s Nathan R. Elson

The Four Key Factors of Magnetic Community Service That Drive Invite Culture

Calling the Next Gen to Leadership: Insights on Empowering Emerging Changemakers with Brad Dreibelbis

From 1,000 to 2,000 in 1,000 Days: Understanding New Guest Metrics

40 Day All-In Campaigns for Your Church: Unleashing Discipleship & Growth with Zach Zehnder

5 Counterintuitive Truths About Hiring for Church Leadership

Volunteering as Mission: Cultivating a Culture of Engagement with Mary Ann Sibley