Jared often tells about a complete surrender in his life to the Lord at age 17. He often exhorts his followers to examine themselves to make sure they are truly saved (especially with those who were saved under someone other than Jared). This has led to many people being resaved and rebaptized under Jared. But he never seems to need to examine himself to see if he is truly saved. He preaches sermons telling his followers of ways they need to change and surrender more to the L

By Elijah and Hananiah Haugen 2021 – 2026 Our Families and the Church I, Elijah (23 at the time), my wife Hananiah (21 at the time), and our 6-month-old son started attending Petra Bible Church in Four Corners, Montana in 2021. Some backstory: I came from a prosperity and messianic religious background. Hananiah grew up as a Christian, and later her parents converted to messianic beliefs and joined a “doomsday” type cult in Montana during her teenage years. Both of her parent

I've noticed and I would like the administrator of this website share with others that Jared "the coward wolf" Cox has not uploaded a sunday sermon for over months now. The last time he uploaded a video on their youtube channel was 7 months ago. The last time he LIVE STREAMMED a sermon was 4 months ago. Those times are crucial because he did the exact same thing in Nicaragua. Once he started getting exposed by former members of his scam/cult, he hid. This is typical Jared's b

Jared often tells about a complete surrender in his life to the Lord at age 17. He often exhorts his followers to examine themselves to make sure they are truly saved (especially with those who were saved under someone other than Jared). This has led to many people being resaved and rebaptized under Jared. But he never seems to need to examine himself to see if he is truly saved. He preaches sermons telling his followers of ways they need to change and surrender more to the L

My husband and I were excited for our son to be involved in a church that would reach out to the Spanish people as well! Our son was given the gift of God to learn their language very quickly and very well! The pastor's sons even enjoyed working with our son. We enjoyed our few visits to the church but it is what goes on behind the scenes that brings destruction to marriages and families. Jared starts by letting them all know they were abused as children and they need to sepa

Hello and thank you for your bold address to Jared’s international spiritual and emotional abuse. I’ve needed to share my story. It’s taken me time to heal and find the strength to write it again. I am an American teacher who worked in Managua. One of my roommates invited me to then Harvest Church and I fell in love with the community and more specifically, one of its members. I jumped through all the hoops of new member training, tithing, attending church at least 4x a week

My story is the story of my family. We began attending the church on the second day of the inauguration of Harvest Bible Church in Nicaragua. At that time, I was hungry for the Word of God and felt the need to serve in a church. I had recently converted; it had been about two years since my conversion. Most churches in Nicaragua had poor doctrine and theology, which is why I didn't attend any until God brought me to this one. My hunger and thirst for the Lord caused me to ris

In 2006, I was introduced to Petra church in Managua, Nicaragua. I was raised Catholic and didn’t have any interest in attending a church of a different denomination. They introduced the church as a non denomination… but that changed depending on who was asking about the church’s denomination. I was persuaded to attend their mission trip to La Isla de Ometepe (Ometepe island, Nicaragua). On the ferry boat ride, Edwin Escobar, a leader back then talked to me about Jesus lovin

Jared has abused and manipulated people in nicaragua

My family and I started going to Petra in December of 2022. We listened to a few sermons online and we really liked the way that Jared preached; especially considering the times that we live in, he spoke on topics that most churches veer away from and we appreciated that. When we first attended, we were met with very kind greetings, and you get the immediate impression that everyone is very close and loving, asking us where we’re from and things of that nature. We are by no m

Thank you for doing what you are doing. I've witnessed a few things myself (chapel messages at Heritage), and have also witnessed the turmoil a few friends have gone through directly at the hand of Jared. I appreciate your willingness to show this man for who he really is. HE MUST BE STOPPED!

Jared and Petra destroy families. He orders members to stop speaking to their families and often says their families/parents sexaully abused them.

Jared is a wolf who preys on the innocent. He takes money and lives a lavish life leading others into spiritual manipulation.

Jared's cult like behavior for the past 20 years of Petra Bible "Church'

A facebook page was created documenting the abuse of of Jared Cox and Petra Bible Church Nicaragua. The stories from ex-members can be found here https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100075938209241

In November of 2023, I relocated to Bozeman and was introduced to Petra by my best friend and her family. To fully demonstrate the impact of Jared and his abusive leadership on my life, I feel it's necessary to share some background on why I moved and who I was before Petra. I grew up in a divided home with divorced parents who lacked consistency, love, and a foundation in Christ. Desperate for validation and love, I sought these from my father but never received them. The

What are some signs and practices of a cult? by Matt Slick Matt Slick is President and Founder of the Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry. Matt earned his Bachelors degree in Social Science from Concordia University, Irvine, CA, in 1988. He earned his Masters of Divinity degree from Westminster Theological Seminary in Escondido, CA, in 1991. He now resides in the Boise, Idaho, area with his family. He is ordained. Matt started CARM in October of 1995 to respond to the

Over the last months we have viewed Jared's sermons online as we have been concerned for those in his pastoral care. Over the last 12 months we have provided $58,500 in cash contributions to support the Petra Church. However, we have since discovered that there is serious misrepresentation and fraud coming from Jared's leadership. Most recently in his 7/7/24 sermon, his stated beliefs have taken Petra Church into that which is in the legal realm of hate crimes. Specifically i

Here is a list of things that our family had to deal with at Petra Bible Church. - My job requires me to work 2 Sundays a month so Jared would tell my wife and myself that he would pray for me to find a job that I would have weekends off so I could go to church. I told him that I like my job and I do not want that kind of prayer. You could tell that did not sit well with him. - I was not going to become a member no matter what but my wife wanted to see what it was about and

To whom it may concern, We want to state up front that we love Jared and Tanya Cox immensely. We want nothing but God’s best for them. We were hoping to partner with them in Nicaragua but our concerns continued to mount, as seen in the following document. Our primary concern is that Jared does not seem to take seriously the warning in James 3:1 about teachers of Scripture receiving a stricter judgment. This is not about name-calling or suggesting Jared is unregenerate,