CMS FORMS STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR SUNDAY VISITOR/AMERICAN CHURCH
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 2005
Contact:
Our Sunday Visitor:
Kyle Hamilton, President
Offering Envelope Division
Greg Erlandson, President
Publishing Division
Phone: 260.356.8400
Church Management Solutions
Phone: 800.247.8044
YOUNGSTOWN, OH - The parent company of AmericanChurch, Inc., Our Sunday Visitor, Inc., located in Huntington, IN announces a strategic partnership effective Jan.1, 2005 with CMS and ParishSOFT LLC, according to statements released by their management teams. CMS is a Division of ParishSOFT LLC.
AmericanChurch and Our Sunday Visitor together are the nation's largest producer of church offering envelopes as well as one of the leading publishers of Catholic periodicals, books and religious education materials.
CMS and ParishSOFT are engaged in the development, sale and support of church management software and web services for the religious market in the United States.
"The possibility of aligning offering envelope and stewardship capabilities, educational and informational materials, with church management software and web services provides strategic opportunities," said Kyle Hamilton, President of AmericanChurch.
"We have tremendous respect for ParishSOFT's technical innovation, their dedication to meeting the needs of churches and religious organizations, and their high standards for software training and support," Hamilton added.
William Pressprich, President and CEO of ParishSOFT, said he was "delighted to become strategic partners with Our Sunday Visitor/AmericanChurch."
David Rosenberg, Founder and Chief Product Architect for ParishSOFT, praised Our Sunday Visitor/AmericanChurch for "excellent products and dedicated service extended to their customers."
"Over time, the ParishSOFT technology will provide substantial benefit to AmericanChurch customers as innovative new products are introduced that augment the existing business."
"This strategic partnership has value for both companies," said Greg Erlandson, President of Our Sunday Visitor's Publishing Division. "We know that the thousands of customers we currently serve can benefit from this cutting edge church management software. We believe that ParishSOFT's web services will provide effective means for churches to communicate with their members, including delivering content to targeted audiences, such as those participating in various ministries."
The ParishSOFT software offers AmericanChurch the means for church customers to update their membership lists on line. It also offers an effective means to respond to a growing interest in electronic funds transfer at the church level, integrating electronic giving with traditional offering envelope giving.
ParishSOFT's software and web services provide innovative new means of distributing educational and training materials directly to church staff and members via e-mail and the church web site.
Taken together, these benefits will integrate AmericanChurch more closely with its current and future church customers and strategically position AmericanChurch in an emerging market.
ParishSOFT LLC, provides software and web solutions to empower churches, dioceses, schools and other organizations to organize, communicate and collaborate. ParishSOFT began operations in 1998. Today, with a staff of 40, CMS and ParishSOFT serve 3,100 Protestant and Catholic churches and 16 Catholic dioceses. For more information, visit www.churchmanagementsolutions.com and www.parishsoft.com.
Our Sunday Visitor, Inc., was founded in 1912. Besides the production and distribution of offering envelopes, it also produces six periodicals, including a national weekly newspaper, stewardship resources, and more than 500 active book and religious education titles. For more information, visit www.osv.com or www.offeringenvelopes.com.
AmericanChurch, Inc. was founded in 1903 and was acquired by Our Sunday Visitor January, 2002. AmericanChurch serves the Protestant community with offering envelopes, stewardship resources, and outreach products. For more information, visit www.americanchurch.com. AmericanChurch is located at 8401 Southern Blvd. Youngstown, OH 44512. Local phone 330.758.4545. Toll-free 800.250.7112.
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