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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6 Reasons Your Church Needs “Big Days”

Rich BirchAugust 22, 2013

For years as a church leader I would proudly declare that "every weekend at our church is 'special' ... we don't do 'special weekends' because new guests arrive every weekend at our church!'" It sounded so good when I said it! It came from a good spot ... wanting to...

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5 Biggest Time Wasters for Church Leaders

Rich BirchAugust 16, 2013

"Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity..." - Ephesians 5:15-16a Every ministry leader I've met is very busy ... there is always more to do that there is time to get it done. There are many things that happen in...

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10 Google Services You Didn’t Know Existed and How They Help Church Leaders

Rich BirchAugust 12, 2013

Google's mission is to organize all of information in the world. They are known for being a search engine and increasingly for their incredible email service (Gmail) but they have a whole collection of other services that church leaders should be aware of. There are hundreds of online services that...

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5 Lessons for Church Communications from Shark Week

Rich BirchAugust 7, 2013

Every summer The Discovery Channel rolls out the longest running cable television event in history called Shark Week. For 26 years, this week long series of special programming has been entertaining and educating millions people in 72 countries around the world. For Discovery it's a "cash cow" ... our should...

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8 Strategies for Making Church Services More Relational

Rich BirchAugust 4, 2013

"Good company upon the road is the shortest cut." - Author Unknown Making your church more relational is important regardless of it's size. In small churches it's often assumed everyone knows everyone and so as leaders we don't work to ensure that people are connecting. In medium size churches we're embarrassed...

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14 Hints on Adding New Service Times from 13 Church Leaders Who Did It

Rich BirchJuly 30, 2013

Is your church thinking about adding new service times in the future? We recently interviewed a number of church leaders within the unSeminary community who have led their churches through this change to help extract some helpful hints for you. I've attempted to compress all of this learning down into the...

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6 Critical Questions to Ask Before Hiring A New Role At Your Church

Rich BirchJuly 25, 2013

“I am convinced that nothing we do is more important than hiring and developing people. At the end of the day you bet on people, not on strategies.” - Larry Bossidy (GE COO & Author) Church Leaders are often faced with the request to hire new staff for various ministries areas....

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5 Low(er) Risk Ways to Release New Volunteer Leaders in Your Church This Weekend

Rich BirchJuly 23, 2013

"If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won’t be honest with greater responsibilities." - Luke 16:10 Finding and releasing volunteer leaders is an essential part of every church leader's role. However, we often feel...

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A Simple Framework for Writing Sermon Series Promotional Copy That Connects

Rich BirchJuly 19, 2013

When promoting an upcoming series of messages at your church you need to think carefully about the language you use to promote it. The right promotional copy can encourage your people invite friends while if you get it wrong it can actually repel people from your church. Here is a...

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11 Ideas for Adding Fun to Boring Church Team Meetings

Rich BirchJuly 17, 2013

Having fun with your team is serious leadership! There is evidence that adults learn best when they are engaged in fun activities! When we kick back have fun at work it helps us connect with our team members on a deeper level. Even in the midst of a tough season...