EULESS-BASED XID, LTD. FORMS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH CONNECT OUR PEOPLE, INC. FOR NATIONAL ROLLOUT
Euless, Texas - Euless-based XID, Ltd., a leading technology services firm, has formed a strategic partnership with Connect Our People, Inc., an innovative, faith-based social networking company that has created a unique community and communications building system for churches and other faith-based organizations. The Connect system that launched March 1, 2006, provides churches and other faith-based organizations with a totally private, safe, and secure "members-only" area on the Internet that allows their members to fellowship, socialize, and stay connected with each other all week long.
To launch the system for churches across the United States, Connect formed a strategic partnership with XID. "We are excited to have formed this alliance," says Johnny Stone, Managing Partner of XID, "because there is a real need out there for what Connect offers." Stone points to the fact that 92% of pastors recently surveyed rated "help members connect with other members" as having significant value in their churches.
"That's where Connect comes in," according to Brett Bonecutter, President and CEO of Connect. Bonecutter points to the gap between what pastors want for their churches and what actually happens in churches. While 9 in 10 pastors know that helping members connect is significant, only 3 in 10 claim to match that significant value with "great effort," and 4 in 10 only give it "some effort."
Bonecutter says that Connect helps pastors and churches get their members connected and helps them stay connected with each other all week long so that they can share themselves as much as they like, find their fit, make friends, grow and mature, help others, have a voice, notify others of needs, and ask for help.
With Internet use on the rise, XID and Connect appear to have timed their partnership perfectly. By 2007, the percentage of Americans on the Internet will grow from 65% to 75% of the total population (230M people) with another 10% growth by 2010 (250M people). The same research shows that the churched use technology as much as their unchurched counterparts.
Given the needs of churches and the continued growth in Internet use, XID and Connect are working together on a national rollout of Connect's innovative community and communications building system to churches and faith-based organizations throughout the country.
For more information about Connect Our People, visit www.connectourpeople.com, and for more information about XID, visit www.xid.com.
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