Beliefnet.com Signs Over 1,000 Houses of Worship to Their Web Services Network of Sites.Business & High Tech Editors/Religion Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--December 6, 2000 Churches, Houses of Worship, Faith-Based Groups, and Spiritual Communities Utilize Beliefnet's Web Services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. Platform to Build Online Communities Beliefnet.com, the internet's premiere destination for religion and spirituality, today announced that the company has surpassed the 1,000 mark for organizations using its Web Services platform, the community-building network for houses of worship and faith-based groups. "We launched the Web Services platform just three months ago to fill the void of web content and applications that were available to churches, houses of worship, and other faith communities and have far surpassed our initial projections about how long it would take to sign up 1,000 communities," said Mark Tauber, Beliefnet's vice president of Web Services. "We look forward to continued growth, especially as we add new features like the forthcoming online donations technology." Web Services helps communities reach beyond their physical walls to serve, grow, communicate with, and manage their worship experience, community life, and devotional de·vo·tion·al adj. Of, relating to, expressive of, or used in devotion, especially of a religious nature. n. A short religious service. de·vo activities. The sites utilizing the platform cross all practice and denominational de·nom·i·na·tion n. 1. A large group of religious congregations united under a common faith and name and organized under a single administrative and legal hierarchy. 2. lines, from Baptist churches to yoga centers, from urban ministries to retreat centers. "You cannot imagine how proud our congregation is to have our own website. The secret of our success is the Beliefnet infrastructure. You have made site construction a snap for newcomers to web design. We firmly believe that in time, our evolving site will help extend First Presbyterian's ministry far beyond the walls of our sanctuary." -- Delma E. Presley; www.fpcusa.beliefnet.com; First Presbyterian Church First Presbyterian Church is a generic church name, and can refer to hundreds of churches within the English speaking world. If you followed a link here, please consider making it more specific by including the city or town in which the church resides. ; Statesboro, Georgia Statesboro is a city in southeast Georgia, United States, serving as the county seat of Bulloch CountyGR6. Statesboro was chartered in 1803, starting as a small farming community providing the basic essentials for surrounding farms. . "With nearly 375,000 churches in the U.S. and Canada, and thousands of other religious and spiritual communities as potential customers, the market opportunity for the Beliefnet Web Services program is huge," said Tony Uphoff, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Beliefnet.com." Beliefnet.com developed the Web Services platform, a series of easy-to-use, low-maintenance, and inexpensive tools and applications, specifically for churches, houses of worship, faith-based groups, and spiritual communities. Web Services will also soon be implementing a donation technology that will enable these communities to accept donations on their sites. This has become possible because of Beliefnet's recent acquisition of the leading online donations site, CharityCounts.com. The Web Services program offers a comprehensive package of services, tools, and content customized to reflect the specific belief system, faith perspective, and audience of any community, group, or denomination Denomination The stated value found on financial instruments. Notes: This term applies to most financial instruments with monetary values. The denomination for bonds and securities would be face value or par value. . Included in the package are 18 comprehensive templates to design a tailor-made website that captures the essence of any house of worship Noun 1. house of worship - any building where congregations gather for prayer house of God, house of prayer, place of worship bethel - a house of worship (especially one for sailors) or spiritual community. The program features customized content syndication, web-hosting services, free e-mail See Internet e-mail service. , message boards, 20 megabytes of space to accommodate text, photos, or audioclips, and the option to have an ad-free site. About Beliefnet.com Beliefnet is the internet's premiere multifaith destination for religion and spirituality. Beliefnet.com provides a welcoming, unbiased environment that offers high-quality information, inspiration, and interaction complemented by state-of-the-art applications, such as discussion groups, guided meditations, and interactive prayer circles. Beliefnet also offers Beliefnet Shopping, which gives access to more than 100,000 religious and spiritual products, and Beliefnet Web Services, which enables churches, houses of worship, faith-based organizations, and spiritual groups to enhance and expand their communities online. Beliefnet Inc. is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. funded by Highland Capital Partners Highland Capital Partners is a global venture capital firm with offices located in Boston, Silicon Valley, Geneva, and Shanghai. Since its inception in 1988, the firm has invested in more than 180 early and growth stage companies and taken a sector-focused approach to investing in , Primus Venture Partners, Blue Chip Venture Company, Zero Stage Capital, and The Trump Group. |
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