Welcome, Mark Barnes!
I'm excited to announce that Mark Barnes joined the Faithlife team today as Product Manager of Bible Study Tools and will oversee the desktop, web, and mobile applications for Logos and Verbum.
Bob handed the reins to me in early 2015 after we shipped Logos 6 in late 2014, and it's been a joy to lead as the product manager for the last seven years overseeing Logos 6.x, 7, 8, 9, and (preparation for) 10.
As Faithlife grows and expands into new areas (including inclusive access textbooks for higher-education, church curriculum, and more), it's becoming increasingly obvious that I can no longer function as the product manager for our flagship product and effectively lead our overall product strategy forward.
When I stepped back to think about who to pass the reins to for Logos, Mark was the first person to come to mind. He's well known and loved in the forums, having served as an MVP for many years and contributed to this community well through his training videos, commentary collections, product expertise, general guidance, and various technical solutions he's built on the side.
His background and experience in IT, pastoral ministry, and higher-education as both a student and lecturer, his skill as an exegete and expositor, his excellence as a communicator and trainer, his expertise with Logos, and his heart for the global church make him well-suited to lead Logos forward and build on our 30-years of serving Bible students worldwide.
Mark and I share in common our love for the product and active engagement in this community prior to joining Faithlife, which gives us a special appreciation for you all. I have every confidence that Mark will carry the torch well as the new champion for our Logos users.
Please join me in welcoming Mark and congratulating him on his new role.
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Congratulations, Mark! Will you be relocating to Bellingham?
Thank you, Rosie. I'll be working remotely from the UK.
Thank you, everyone, for the warm welcome. Joining the Faithlife team to oversee the Logos and Verbum apps is a fantastic privilege. I'm excited by what I've already seen behind the scenes and even more excited to be able to spend more time in this wonderful community. I've really missed that over the last two years, and it's great to be back!
It will take me a little while to get up to speed, but once I'm settled in, I'll be spending plenty of time here, reading your comments, frustrations, suggestions, and successes. By doing so, I hope to help you all contribute to making Verbum and Logos Bible Software even better tools for studying and applying the Bible – better for you and better for thousands of other users.
Congratulations, Mark.
And welcome to the Forums!
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This is great news. Congratulations Mark!
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I'm looking forward to working with you, Mark!
Well done Phil and Mark. Great decision making. May every blessing fall on you in your Kingdom building work.
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Congratulations, Mark. And good for you, Phil.
Congrats Mark. Very glad to see you with FL.
Congratulations to you both!!
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Congratulations!
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Mark Barnes is excellent choice for this position!
This is great news. Way to go!
-john
And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers (Mal 4:6a)
What a great choice! Congratulations, Mark!
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Please join me in welcoming Mark and congratulating him on his new role.
Awesome! I've always appreciated Mark's contributions to the Logos world.
Welcome Mark, it's a pleasure to have you as the Product Manager.
Thank you Phil for your leadership over the years making this great product.
What a wonderful choice, This is great news for all Logos users.
Congratulations Mark
Excellent pick Phil, thanks for all you've done to make Logos great.
Congrats Mark on your new role, you'll do a great job. 👍🏻
Phil
Congratulations Mark!
So neat! Congrats Mark! Excited for you and for Logos Bible Software!
Myke Harbuck
Lead Pastor, www.ByronCity.Church
Adjunct Professor, Georgia Military College
w00t! Congratulations! Love to see you around more. FL is in good hands.
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Great news. Mark has been sorely missed in the forums and I'm sure he will do an excellent job in his new position
Congratulations, Mark. I'm *thrilled* to be working with you!
Rick Brannan
Data Wrangler, Faithlife
My books in print
Congratulations, Mark. Thrilled to have you back and we hope you will be a frequent participant in the forums.
My first question is whether or not it's still more thrifty to incrementally purchase BPs step by step beginning at the low end with the highest discount, or if FL has fixed the pricing problem so that we can now just purchase the top end product and get the best price?
PBs
I always thought PB = personal book. What does 'PB' equate to here?
Misspelled BPs. Base Packages.[:(]PBsI always thought PB = personal book. What does 'PB' equate to here?
Mark, I'm elated for you and expect to see you lead with the excellence and knowledge evident in your posts on the forums. Cheers!
Meanwhile, Jesus kept on growing wiser and more mature, and in favor with God and his fellow man.
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Fantastic! So good to hear!
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Please join me in welcoming Mark and congratulating him on his new role.
Nicest news that I've heard today!
Mark has been missed for several years in the forums - so glad he is back and in this new role!
Great to hear. Congratuations, Mark. You are a great choice for this position.
Yes very good news and exciting for all, congrats Mark, and thank you Phil also [Y]
Congrats. Looking forward for exciting times ahead. Can't wait to experience the new directions that you can take a wonderful product.
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Please join me in welcoming Mark and congratulating him on his new role.
Indeed. Welcome Mark!
Dave
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This is awesome news! Mark has been such a help to me in the past! His training videos were just super! Great choice!!!!!
I'm excited to announce that Mark Barnes joined the Faithlife team today as Product Manager of Bible Study Tools and will oversee the desktop, web, and mobile applications for Logos and Verbum.
Excellent news!
I hope to help you all contribute to making Verbum and Logos Bible Software even better tools for studying and applying the Bible
Very glad to see Verbum not left out! [:D]
“The trouble is that everyone talks about reforming others and no one thinks about reforming himself.” St. Peter of Alcántara
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Late to the party, but congratulations to FL for this superb choice.
Congrats on the new position.
I'm late to this, but wanted to says congratulations. What a great choice! Ever since my very first time watching Mark's videos on Logos, I have appreciated his ability to explain, to both the seasoned user and the newbies like me, the ins and outs of this software. Well done and congratulations!
Cynthia
Romans 8:28-38
Wow! Great choice. Congratulations and welcome Mark!