CNLP 532 | Rich Birch on the Mini-Apocalypse that Happened Around Church Growth, How to Generate Growth at Your Church, and the Numbers that Matter Most in Church Planting

The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast

Carey Nieuwhof

Management, Business

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2022

⏱️ 99 minutes

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unSeminary founder, Rich Birch, returns to the podcast to discuss the mini-apocalypse that's happened around church growth in the last few years, what growing churches are doing, why volunteers are a key to seeing your church grow, and the numbers that matter most when planting a church. Plus, Rich talks about the personal cost of leading through the last few years, including the self-soothing behaviors that can trap a leader. Get more on this episode by going to https://careynieuwhof.com/episode532.

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0:00.0	The Art of Leadership Network Welcome to the Cary New Hoff leadership podcast.
0:10.3	It's Cary here.
0:11.3	I hope our time together today helps you thrive in life and leadership.
0:14.8	And today we're bringing back Rich Birch to the podcast.
0:18.0	Rich has been a friend for a long, long time and man, we're going to go all over the
0:22.6	place.
0:23.6	We're going to talk about what on earth is going on with church attendance, how to grow
0:26.8	your church in this uncertain environment.
0:29.2	I call out the many apocalypse of church attendance, and then we're going to get really
0:33.1	personal and talk about church plants, talk about healthy and unhealthy ways of coping
0:38.7	with the stress that leaders face you're in for a treat.
0:41.5	Today's episode is brought to you by Belay.
0:44.3	You can get their latest book, Delegate to Elevate for free and learn how to reclaim
0:48.9	time simply by delegating.
0:51.3	Go to belaysolutions.com slash cnlp to get your free copy.
0:57.0	It's brought to you by future forward churches.
0:59.2	Lee Criter has a brand new book called Seamless Pastoral Transition and other free pastoral
1:04.1	transition resources by going to futureforwardchurches.com.
1:09.5	So Rich and I are going to talk about all things church growth on this episode.
1:15.4	And you know, part of my heartbeat and the better you know a guest, the easier it is to
1:18.9	do this is to have the kind of conversation we would have if we were at dinner or we were
1:25.0	just hanging out in my backyard and that's what you're going to get today.
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