25 Apr 2006

FLORENCE, SC, — In a continuing effort to support the North American Mission Board (NAMB) in their primary responsibility of assisting Southern Baptist Churches in reaching the United States, Canada and U.S. territories with the gospel of Jesus Christ, ACS Technologies ( www.acstechnologies.com ) has released version 6.2 of its Church Planter Management System (CPMS) software.

First announced in mid-2004, the agreement between ACS Technologies and NAMB includes the development of reporting and pastoral management solutions for churches, associations and conventions. According to a news release, CPMS 6.2 gives churches expanded features including: more export functions, advanced prayer scheduling, unique pastor's library functionality, additional membership and class reports, secure data restore and backup functions, expanded membership decision tracking and much more. These enhancements will equip church plants with additional ministry tools to help them build their churches and reach out in their communities.

"Technology keeps improving with the collective input from users. The new 6.2 version of CPMS is an outstanding software tool for new churches," states Mike Carlisle, vice president of the church consulting group at NAMB ( www.namb.net ).

For SBC-affiliated churches that are less than 12 months old, the CPMS 6.2 upgrade will be provided at no charge. Churches over 12 months old will have the opportunity to upgrade their current version to the new 6.2 release as a part of a new annual preferred client subscription service. For special pricing details, visit www.acstechnologies.com/products/cpms .

"We believe in doing all we can to assist organizations by providing the best software tools for ministry work," comments Hal Campbell, President and CEO of ACS Technologies. "We've built CPMS with the SBC's needs in mind and hope that the new features of this program will further assist them in reaching their outreach goals."

ACS Technologies ( www.acstechnologies.com ) has served churches for over 27 years, and has worked with NAMB for more than 15 years in various capacities. Today, ACS Technologies serves over 22,000 churches nationwide, working with over half of the Southern Baptist state conventions and associations as well as churches. By supplementing the ministry know-how and missionary resources of NAMB with the technology know-how and strong support and training services of ACS Technologies, NAMB continues to build upon the successes of the church planter system and take their church planters to a new level long into the future.

About The North American Mission Board (NAMB)
The primary responsibility of the North American Mission Board (NAMB) is to assist Southern Baptist churches in reaching the United States, Canada and U.S. territories with the gospel of Jesus Christ. NAMB ( www.namb.net ) continues a 150-year tradition of evangelism and church starting within the Southern Baptist Convention. Today, NAMB has grown to more than 5,000 missionaries, 2,500 endorsed chaplains, 400,000 mission volunteers. Funded primarily by the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering and Cooperative Program support, and with an operations budget of $124+ million, NAMB has a goal of more than 2,000 church starts each year. NAMB is headquartered near Atlanta in Alpharetta , Ga.

About ACS Technologies Group, Inc.
ACS Technologies (www.acstechnologies.com) is the leading provider of information management solutions for churches, schools, and other faith-based organizations and has made its biggest contribution to the industry with its powerful church management software, ACS™. Founded in 1978, the company offers a host of other technology solutions including HeadMaster™ administration software for private schools and the Extend Platform™, online content management for building Web sites. In addition, PDS™ (Parish Data System), the leading parish management software for Catholic churches, is an ACS Technologies solution. ACS Technologies has been in business for 27 years and is a privately held company headquartered in Florence , South Carolina . With sales and training offices throughout the U.S. , ACS Technologies has over 300 employees. Over 22,000 different organizations rely on ACS Technologies for their daily operations™ the largest client base in its market.