With the news about BibleWorks going out of business, some users have reached out to ask if their investment in Logos Bible Software is safe.
YES!
Logos Bible Software began in 1991, and we are still actively supporting and developing it today. We started on floppy disks, transitioned to CD-ROMs, expanded to the Mac, built mobile apps for iOS and Android, and then took it to the web at https://app.logos.com.
Over that time the company changed names (Logos Research Systems, Inc. -> Logos Bible Software -> Faithlife) and we've dramatically expanded our offerings (https://faithlife.com/about), but nothing has changed about our mission:
We use technology to equip the Church to grow in the light of the Bible.
Of course we can't predict the future; the Lord's return, a change in His plans for us, or the vicissitudes of life and business could all disrupt our plan.
But I can tell you that the plan is to stay here, serving you and the Church, indefinitely into the future.
My family controls the corporation. We have no plans to sell it. The company is debt-free. Dan (my brother) and I are in our 40s and intend to spend our careers here.
Our team is more than 300 people strong, and our focus on serving you remains as strong as ever. And with the huge size of the Logos user base, even if some unexpected event changed our business dramatically, the user base is big enough to be "worth the effort" to maintain, serve, and upgrade. A "black swan" event that wiped our Faithlife Corporation wouldn't destroy the value that the customers, collectively, would represent to another business.
There is every reason to believe that your investment in digital resources for Logos Bible Software will continue to be a wise one, and that you'll have access to the content and tools indefinitely into the future. And we have 27 years of experience navigating changes in media, operating systems, devices, and platforms. If we all end up 'computing' through voice interfaces and holographic displays, Logos Bible Software will be there. :-)
It is a privilege to serve you, and to be in the business of building tools to help people study God's Word.
And that's one of the reasons we've chosen to serve through the form of a business: it's a form with built-in accountability and sustainability. We only survive by building something you want to buy, and we have pretty immediate and direct feedback from the market when we price wrong, build wrong, or make some other mistake. We know that Logos Bible Software isn't the least expensive tool for Bible study -- there are many nice free tools on the web and in app stores -- but by using this model we believe we are doing the best we can to ensure that the investment you do make will be a good one in the long-term.
I very much appreciate your business, and feel blessed to count so many users as friends. We have both customers and team members who've been with Logos for more than a quarter century, and, Lord willing, I trust some will be with us to celebrate fifty years!
