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Text In Church Acquires PastorsLine to Expand Offerings for Church Leaders: Second Major Acquisition of 2024 Strengthens Text In Church’s Commitment to Comprehensive Church Communication

KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Text In Church, the leading church texting software company, announced on November 12th, 2024, its acquisition of PastorsLine, a software known for its innovative SMS and calling solutions tailored for churches. This marked the second strategic acquisition by Text In Church in 2024, furthering the company’s vision to offer churches a well-rounded, future-focused approach to phone, text messaging, and email communication to boost engagement and attendance.

PastorsLine and Text In Church have joined forces to bring churches the best church communication platform out there.

In July of 2024, Text In Church acquired First Impressions Conference, a respected name in church leadership training and resources. The addition of First Impressions Conference allowed Text In Church to provide churches with powerful communication tools and essential training, resources, and best practices that help church leaders make lasting first impressions on their guests. With PastorsLine now joining Text In Church’s offerings, the company is enhancing its software platform and expanding its texting, phone system, voice broadcast, and email capabilities, cementing its role as the leader in church communication.

Tyler Smith, Co-founder and CEO of Text In Church, expressed his enthusiasm about the acquisition and the company’s broader vision for church connection:

“We’re incredibly excited to welcome PastorsLine into the Text In Church family. Churches today face the complex challenge of engaging members in meaningful ways, and we believe that software alone isn’t enough. Churches need more than software; they need a complete approach—tools, training, and proven strategies—to make lasting connections. Bringing First Impressions Conference and now PastorsLine into the Text In Church umbrella allows us to offer this holistic approach, providing both the technology and the training that churches need to succeed.”

The decision to acquire PastorsLine underscores Text In Church’s long-term commitment to innovation in the church communication space. Text In Church’s existing software, which includes one-to-one and automated tools for messaging, calling, emailing, and guest follow-up, will integrate PastorsLine’s specialized text messaging and calling capabilities, offering current and new users even more options for reaching their congregations. Additionally, the acquisition ensures continued stability for PastorsLine customers, many of whom faced service interruptions earlier in 2024.

In September of 2024, PastorsLine experienced a significant 10-day service outage that disrupted message sending for many of its users. As PastorsLine faced a shutdown from its upstream provider, Text In Church stepped in to negotiate on behalf of PastorsLine, successfully reinstating services, preserving phone numbers, and reestablishing message deliverability for affected churches. This support from Text In Church brought immediate relief to PastorsLine’s customers, who rely on consistent, reliable text messaging to maintain connections within their communities.

Jason Alexis, Founder of PastorsLine, reflected on the importance of this acquisition for PastorsLine’s existing customers:

“Joining Text In Church ensures that PastorsLine customers have stability and support for the long term. This partnership brings new tools to our users and offers a dependable, secure environment for church communication. We understand how painful the downtime was, and we’re grateful that Text In Church stepped in to restore services and keep our churches connected. By joining forces, we’re able to offer our users peace of mind along with an expanded suite of features.”

With the addition of PastorsLine’s technology, Text In Church is committed to enhancing its platform’s capabilities, ensuring that church leaders can easily connect with their members through a wide range of communication tools. This expanded feature set will enable churches to engage in new and innovative ways, reinforcing Text In Church’s leadership in the industry.

Pastor Jonathon of Living Word Church, a PastorsLine user, was open about his experience with the transition and what it means for his church:

“Tyler, I can’t express how excited I am to hear this! We’ve had PastorsLine for a few years solely because of the phone broadcast feature. But now, we’ll have the absolute best of both worlds since Text In Church has the superior admin experience. Thank you for making this investment. I think it is wonderful.”

Another PastorsLine user, Pastor Daniel of Cornerstone Community Bible Church, shared:

“So excited about this partnership and the strengths it’s going to bring by bringing both together!”

The acquisition also highlights Text In Church’s ongoing dedication to comprehensive support for church leaders. With First Impressions Conference and Academy now part of Text In Church’s offerings, members have access to more than just software—they benefit from education, training, and best practices designed to improve both leadership and community engagement. Text In Church believes that combining these resources with powerful communication tools creates a framework that empowers churches to connect effectively with their congregations.

Text In Church’s dual acquisition strategy in 2024 demonstrates a commitment to help churches share the Gospel and lead more people to faith. With PastorsLine and First Impressions Conference as integral parts of Text In Church, the company is positioned to lead the industry as a church texting service that not only offers email and phone solutions for all-in-one church communication, but a roadmap for intentional discipleship and ministry growth.

For more information about Text In Church’s recent acquisitions and plans for the future, please visit Text In Church, connect with them on social media…

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Harlem Children’s Zone Acquires FinTech Platform, Goalsetter, to Accelerate Universal Economic Mobility

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Acquisition combines HCZ’s proven model with Goalsetter’s innovative financial education technology to expand access and impact at scale

NEW YORK, Oct. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ), one of the nation’s leading anti-poverty organizations, announced the acquisition of Goalsetter, a financial technology platform that delivers best-in-class, engaging, technology-enabled learning experiences for people seeking to enhance their financial know-how, capabilities, and confidence.   

The acquisition marks a significant step in HCZ’s Wealth Builds–Universal Economic Mobility (WB-UEM) strategy, a national framework designed to help children and families build long-term economic security through cradle-to-career supports, financial education and experiences, and direct access to capital via a Child Capital Stack of asset boosts.

“We know that economic mobility is a two-generation challenge,” says Harlem Children’s Zone CEO Kwame Owusu-Kesse. “With this acquisition, we are solving for a critical component of Universal Economic Mobility by melding a proven financial education platform and HCZ’s decades of experience providing people with the knowledge and tools to build strong futures for themselves and their families. This is more than an investment in financial education. It is an investment in critical national infrastructure for economic mobility.”

Harlem Children’s Zone has decades of experience driving outcomes at scale, beginning as a one-block pilot, expanding to over 100 blocks in Central Harlem, and now working with over 70 communities across the United States. HCZ seeks to use its learnings, decades of experience driving outcomes at scale, and renowned best practices to provide pathways to economic mobility for all of America’s children and families.

“Goalsetter was built on the belief that everyone should have access to the financial knowledge and tools that can shape their future and livelihood,” said Tanya Van Court, Chief FinTech Officer at Harlem Children’s Zone and Founder of Goalsetter. “Joining Harlem Children’s Zone gives us an extraordinary opportunity to build on that work. Together, we can continue enhancing the platform, expand access for learners of all ages and walks of life, and demonstrate what is possible when mission, innovation, and technology come together to serve the most people.”

Goalsetter creates opportunities to deliver high-quality, developmentally appropriate and culturally relevant financial education with extensive reach,  including to low-income and rural communities that have historically had limited access to these resources. Its current offerings include Goalsetter Classroom, which provides standards-aligned financial education curriculum for middle and high school students, and MoneyLingo, a mobile-first financial education experience for college-aged students and adults in the workforce, covering practical topics such as saving, investing, credit, debt, and financial decision-making.                                                         

“This acquisition sends an important signal to the field,” said Owusu-Kesse. “Social impact organizations should not have to choose between mission and scale. By bringing a proven technology platform into HCZ, we’re demonstrating how non-profit organizations can be centers of business excellence, using vehicles of innovation, AI, and technology to create efficient and effective pathways to scale and impact. This acquisition strengthens our in-house capacity to build, innovate, and continuously improve outcomes.”

The organization plans to build upon Goalsetter’s existing offerings by exploring financial education products for younger learners and creating opportunities to establish a continuous financial learning journey from early childhood through adulthood.

“This is ultimately about extending opportunity to all,” added Owusu-Kesse. “By connecting financial education, technology, family engagement, and access to assets, we can help create more accessible pathways to economic mobility.”

Services to current Goalsetter clients will be unaffected by this acquisition.

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Common Ground in the Battlegrounds? Surveys Reveal Widespread Bipartisan Agreement in 11 Competitive States and 28 Congressional Districts, as Well as Nationally

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Bipartisan Majorities Say If Congress Were to Listen to the People More, They Would More Likely Find Common Ground

COLLEGE PARK, Md., Oct. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Program for Public Consultation (PPC) conducted extensive surveys in competitive states and congressional districts, as well as nationally, revealing a remarkable level of bipartisan common ground.

Majorities of both Democrats and Republicans agreed on: 

106 policies nationally 82 policies in all states and districts surveyed101 policies in at least two-thirds of all the states and districts surveyed

Over 40,000 Americans were surveyed in two waves with representative samples of 600-2,016 in each of the 11 competitive states surveyed, and 400-592 in each of the 28 competitive congressional districts surveyed, and 1,200-2,509 nationwide.

Nearly all policy questions were based on congressional legislation or executive branch proposals. 

Fourteen policy topics were covered: Artificial Intelligence, Housing, Healthcare, Low-Income Assistance, Families and Children, Social Security, Immigration, Abortion and Birth Control, Energy and Environment, Federal Taxes, Campaign Finance, Government Reform, Criminal Justice and America’s Role in the World. For every topic, most policies had bipartisan agreement across every battleground surveyed.

The policy questions used in these national and battleground surveys were chosen because they elicited bipartisan support in previous in-depth national surveys conducted by PPC, in which respondents received briefings on the topic and evaluated pro and con arguments for the proposed policy.

Steven Kull, director of PPC, comments, “What is striking here is that these surveys revealed widespread bipartisan agreement on over a dozen key issues that Congress has failed to resolve, from costs of healthcare, to risks of artificial intelligence, to Social Security’s impending insolvency, and many more. Clearly, there is far more common ground among the American people than there is in Congress.”

Americans Think Public Opinion Should Have More Influence
Respondents were also asked about the role of public opinion in policymaking. Across the battlegrounds, on average, respondents estimated that federally elected officials make the same decisions that the majority of Americans would make just 35% of the time.

Large majorities believe polarization in government comes not from the American people but from elected officials, and that more influence for the people would help break the logjam in Congress (Democrats 62 to 88%, Republicans 66 to 89%).

Perhaps most germane, overwhelming majorities of Democrats and Republicans in the battlegrounds believe that if members of Congress were more influenced by the people, they would be more likely to find common ground (Democrats 82 to 97%, Republicans 80 to 95%), and better serve the common good (Democrats 77 to 94%, Republicans 79 to 94%).

Steven Kull adds, “On the basis of this study, it does appear that the public is correct that if the people had more influence, Congress would be more likely to find common ground, and thus  function better.”

Americans also say that public opinion should play a substantial role in news reporting about policy. Over two-thirds say news reports on policy matters should include public opinion data most of the time or always when reliable information is available (Democrats 71 to 88%, Republicans 67 to 89%). Similarly, when Congress is about to vote on a law, large numbers say it is very or extremely important for news outlets to report whether a majority of Americans favor or oppose it (Democrats 65 to 84%, Republicans 60 to 85%).

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Battlegrounds Common Ground SheetIndividual State and District Results, Questionnaires and MethodologiesNational Questionnaire with Toplines, Crosstabs and Methodology

About the Surveys
The state and district surveys used for this analysis were fielded July 21 – August 17, 2026, to a total of 19,949 adults, and May 27 – July 1, 2026, to 19,564 adults. They included 600-2016 in each of the 11 states, and 400-592 in each of the 28 congressional districts. Response rates ranged from 7.1 to 9.0%. Confidence intervals range from +/- 2.9 to 8.1%, and maximum weights range from 1.9 to 10.0.

The national surveys were fielded February 11-26, 2026, with 2,509 adults, and March 11-19, 2026, with 1,200 adults. The response rates were 7.6% and 8.3%, respectively. The confidence interval is +/- 2.9% for both surveys, and the maximum weights are 2.5 and 1.9.

The sample was obtained from multiple online opt-in panels, including Cint, Dynata and Prodege. Sample collection and quality control were managed by QuantifyAI under the direction of the Program for Public Consultation. The surveys were offered in both English and Spanish.

The samples were pre-stratified and weighted by age, race, ethnicity, gender, education, household income, marital status, and home ownership to match the general adult population. The national sample was further weighted by Census region. The distribution of partisan affiliation was within expectations, based on voter registration data for non-leaners and/or Cook’s Partisan Voting Index for leaners, or weighted to reflect those benchmarks.

About the Common Ground in the Battlegrounds? Survey Series
This effort aims to identify bipartisan common ground in competitive states and districts across the nation. The project seeks to educate the public, policymakers and candidates about the findings; and provide journalists with independent, nonpartisan research that brings the public into the conversation about public policy.

In addition to PPC, project partners include the Civic Innovation Center at the University of Maryland (CivIC) and Voice of the People (VOP), a national nonpartisan organization seeking to give the public a greater voice in government. None of these entities advocate for policy positions or endorse candidates.

States surveyed: Alaska; Georgia; Iowa; Maine; Michigan; Minnesota; Montana; Nebraska; New Hampshire; North Carolina; Ohio; and Texas.

Congressional Districts surveyed: Arizona’s 1st and 6th; Colorado’s 8th; Iowa’s 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th; Maine’s 2nd; Michigan’s 4th, 7th, 8th and 10th; Montana’s 1st; Nebraska’s 2nd; Nevada’s 3rd; New Jersey’s 7th and 9th; New Mexico’s 2nd; New York’s 3rd, 4th, 17th and 19th; Oregon’s 5th; Pennsylvania’s 1st, 7th, 8th and 10th; and Washington’s 3rd.

The survey series excluded several competitive districts because they were in states that had recently been redistricted and thus had no Census data yet to use for demographic benchmarks.

Program for Public Consultation
The Program for Public Consultation (PPC), affiliated with the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy, seeks to improve democratic governance by consulting the public and bringing the people’s views into the public discourse. It conducts surveys with representative samples on policies proposed by elected officials and shares its findings with government officials, the media, other academics, and the general public.

Civic Innovation Center
The Civic Innovation Center (CivIC) at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy works to strengthen the foundations of civic health. It contributes to important debates about civic education, civic engagement, and needed democratic reforms in the state of Maryland and nationwide, in partnership with other BIG 10 universities. It works to build the connective tissue that brings together students, scholars and practitioners to help elevate the UMD community’s contribution to our wider democracy.

Voice of the People
Voice of the People (VOP) is a nonpartisan organization working to re-anchor our democracy in its founding principles by giving ‘We the People’ a greater and more effective voice in government. It champions innovative methods and technology that enable the American people to play a role in the policymaking process and provide policymakers with a more accurate understanding of the views of their constituents.

Contact: Jonathan Casaverde, jonathan.casaverde@wardcirclestrategies.com,(786) 469-9422

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FDA grants 510(k) clearance for BoneEnhance, the first machine learning layer on RIVANNA’s Accuro XV platform

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Anatomy segmentation and three-dimensional skeletal visualization arrive with this clearance; an injury detection module for clinical decision support is in development on the platform roadmap

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Oct. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — RIVANNA®, developer of AI-enabled clinical decision-support solutions, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for BoneEnhance®, a machine learning software module for the Accuro® XV diagnostic ultrasound system. The module segments bone and surrounding tissues and supports visualization of skeletal anatomy in three dimensions during image review.

The clearance moves the platform from acquisition toward interpretation. Accuro XV was cleared in April 2026 for B-mode imaging in musculoskeletal conventional and superficial applications. Its conformable three-dimensional probe automates large field-of-view image acquisition after initial patient positioning. BoneEnhance is the first machine learning software module cleared for the platform.

BoneEnhance identifies bone and surrounding tissues

Each automated acquisition creates a volumetric dataset for review. BoneEnhance identifies bone and surrounding tissues within that volume, then highlights them with color-coded overlays on the two-dimensional B-mode image. The original anatomical data remain unaltered and visible beneath the overlays. A three-dimensional indicator beside the image shows the scan orientation and the location of the displayed slice within the volume.

A platform milestone

The sequence is deliberate: decision support begins at acquisition. Accuro XV acquires the image; BoneEnhance identifies and labels the anatomy within it. Behind the integrated workflow stands a worldwide intellectual-property portfolio of more than 100 issued and pending patents across more than 20 patent families.

“We founded RIVANNA to solve a problem that cuts across care settings: decision-critical information sits outside the point-of-care workflow,” said Will Mauldin, PhD, Co-founder and CEO of RIVANNA. “BoneEnhance is where the stack begins to close that gap for musculoskeletal care: automated volumetric acquisition, now paired with cleared software-assisted review. This clearance is the foundation: the first machine learning layer, anchoring the decision-support capabilities now in development.”

Independently validated within a nationwide eight-site study

BoneEnhance was trained and validated within RIVANNA’s nationwide eight-site clinical study. Three sites contributed the training data; the other five provided the independent test set of 233 volumetric datasets, comprising 69,900 images from 173 subjects. None of the test data were used for training or tuning. Three board-certified radiologists established the reference labels, and per-volume label prediction accuracy, a measure of anatomical labeling, ranged from 95.1% to 100.0%.

Separate from the validation supporting this clearance, the platform’s automated acquisition carries peer-reviewed evidence: in a published study of 205 patients in the Journal of Emergency Medicine (DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2025.11.011), operators with one hour of hands-on training acquired wrist and ankle images rated adequate for diagnostic interpretation in more than 90% of scans, with image quality comparable to physician-acquired scans.

“This clearance reflects the strength of the team RIVANNA has built across AI development, clinical affairs, and regulatory execution, and the commitment of the clinical sites that partnered with us to generate the evidence,” said Delphine Le Roux, PhD, PMP, Senior Director, Market Access and Strategic Partnerships at RIVANNA. “None of it happens without BARDA’s sustained support, which allowed us to do this the right way: rigorous, multi-site, and independent. The infrastructure, partnerships, and regulatory playbook we established for BoneEnhance are designed to carry forward. That execution engine is what positions us to pursue the next clearance with confidence.”

The next layer in development

The platform’s progression continues with an investigational musculoskeletal injury detection module. Where BoneEnhance labels the anatomy, the new module is being developed to assist clinicians in evaluating potential extremity fractures within acquired ultrasound images. The nationwide clinical study that trained and validated BoneEnhance, now expanded from eight to ten sites, is building the datasets used to train the module. Because the sites and data infrastructure were established once and are reused for each new module, every subsequent module builds on the program’s federal investment.

Federal funding acknowledgment

This project has been supported in whole or in part with federal funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR); Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), under contract number 75A50121C00035.

About Accuro XV

Accuro XV is a portable, small-footprint point-of-care volumetric ultrasound imaging system for musculoskeletal imaging. Its conformable three-dimensional probe automates large field-of-view B-mode image acquisition without ionizing radiation. BoneEnhance is a cleared machine learning software module available during review of Accuro XV volumetric image acquisitions. It segments bone and surrounding tissues and supports visualization of skeletal anatomy in three dimensions.

An investigational computer-aided musculoskeletal injury detection module is in development for Accuro XV. It is designed to assist clinicians in detecting extremity fractures from volumetric ultrasound and annotating soft-tissue signs associated with injury, and to support triage decisions, including referral for additional radiographic imaging.

Accuro XV is designed to provide a fracture-care layer at the point of triage, helping to streamline emergency department workflows, expedite evaluation of low-severity extremity injuries, and reduce reliance on X-ray referrals. The platform is designed to support just-in-time training to promote consistent use across clinical experience levels, advancing a shared mission to transform musculoskeletal injury care while supporting broader emergency preparedness objectives.

About RIVANNA

RIVANNA is a medical technology company developing clinical decision-support solutions powered by proprietary clinical datasets, AI models, and purpose-built imaging hardware. The company’s platform is designed to automate complex anatomical analysis at the point of care, support faster and more confident clinical decisions, reduce variability, and expand access to advanced capabilities. Its initial applications address interventional guidance and trauma triage, beginning with neuraxial procedures and musculoskeletal injury assessment. RIVANNA has established an FDA-cleared product portfolio and maintains a worldwide intellectual-property portfolio of more than 100 issued and pending patents. RIVANNA is headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia, and operates an FDA-registered, ISO 13485:2016-certified manufacturing facility.

RIVANNA, Accuro, BoneEnhance, and the Rivanna Medical family of marks are registered and unregistered trademarks of Rivanna Medical, Inc. in the United States and other jurisdictions.

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