Summary: Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: [iTunes] [RSS] [Stitcher] [TuneIn] // [VIDEO iTunes] [VIDEO RSS] Mike Linch is the senior pastor at NorthStar Church and you need to get to know him and his church! So many church leaders dream of making an impact in the community they are place in ... Mike's church is taking action towards it! Every year the church volunteers thousands of hours in various community programs. They also open up their building to be a blessing to the community. Listen in as Mike talks through how NorthStar is looking for ways to connect with their community! Mike Linch// [Website] [twitter] Interview Highlights // 01:32 // Mike serves at NorthStar Church in Kennesaw, Georgia 01:01 // 17 years ago NorthStar began as a church for people who didn't go to church 01:40 // Rich was attracted to NorthStar because of their heart to serve the community 02:25 // NorthStar volunteers meet community needs 03:30 // Serving in the community is great first step into church involvement 04:38 // NorthStar staff initiate the relationship with organizations and seek out needs 05:00 // The goal is to make what the community is doing better, not compete with it 06:55 // NorthStar uses the facility to serve the community - 150 events of 250 or more people just last year. 07:25 // Get more people from the community in the building so they return when 'life hits the wall.' 08:50 // 'We want to serve others until they ask why.' 09:45 // First step is to ask questions of community leaders 12:10 // 'We want to be the church that the community can't do without.' 13:10 // Rich tells of a campus pastor and mayor from Liquid Church Lightning Round Highlights Helpful Tech Tools // unSeminary.com, Evernote Book Worth Reading // Spiritual Leadership by Richard and Henry Blackaby Inspiring Ministries // North Point Community Church Inspiring Leader // Dr. (Billy) Graham What does he do for fun? // Football chaplain, baseball pitching coach Interview Transcript // Rich - Well, good morning. Welcome to the unSeminary Podcast. My name's Rich Birch, your host. Thanks for tuning in! We hope you are having a great week as you lead up to this weekend. Today we've got Mike Linch on the phone. Super excited to have him join us on the show today. He's from NorthStar Church in Kennesaw, Georgia. Mike's a great guy, fantastic leader and I'm really looking forward to having you on the show today, Mike. Thanks for being here. Mike - Great to be here Rich. Glad to be with you guys and look forward to what's ahead! Rich - Nice. Well, this is fantastic. I love your church. I love what you guys are doing. Why don't we start with…just give us a sense of what you are doing. Kind of tell us a little bit of the NorthStar story. Mike - Absolutely. We began 17 years ago. We turned 17 this past January. We began, like a lot of other churches, as a church for people who didn't go to church. We were sort of pioneers. There was one other church start in our community back then. It made it a little easier. I think we didn't face a lot of struggles church plants face today because there are so many other churches like them. But we had a heart, what separated us, was we had a heart to serve and reach our community. And that was probably still today the thing that separates us the most. It's been a pretty amazing ride over the last 17 years. A lot of people coming and a lot of influence we've been able to gain in our community. Rich - Ya, this is the thing that really attracted me. I leaned forward and I said 'You do what at your church?" I think a lot of churches talk about serving their community. That sounds great. Who's going to be the person that puts up their hand and says 'Ya, we don't want to serve our community"? Why don't you give us a sense of some of the ways that NorthStar does that. Mike - Absolutely. Really it's a 365 day a year deal.
