Jared Byrns • Policies

Effective Date: 29 June 2026

This page explains the terms of use, privacy, cookie, and copyright policies for Hopoksa Ministries. Hopoksa Ministries is the teaching ministry of Jared Byrns.

These policies apply to hopoksa.org and to any other domains, subdomains, or URLs owned or controlled by Jared Byrns or Hopoksa Ministries that redirect to, display, or provide access to Hopoksa Ministries content.

For questions about these policies, contact:

Hopoksa Ministries
c/o Jared Byrns
PO Box 16
Elgin, OK 73538
United States
Email: info [at] hopoksa [dot] org

Terms of Use

By using this website, you agree to these policies. If you do not agree, please do not use this website.

Nature of the Ministry

Hopoksa Ministries provides biblical teaching, articles, sermon texts, outlines, discussion questions, and related ministry resources.

Hopoksa Ministries is a teaching ministry. It is not a church, counseling center, emergency service, or substitute for membership and pastoral care in a faithful local church.

The resources on this website are provided for general biblical, theological, educational, and ministry purposes. They are not intended to replace pastoral counsel, medical care, mental health care, legal advice, financial advice, or emergency assistance.

If you are facing an emergency, please contact the appropriate emergency services in your area.

Contact Form Limits

The contact form is provided for general questions and communication. Please do not use it to send urgent, confidential, or highly sensitive information.

Although we may receive prayer requests or personal concerns, we cannot guarantee a particular response time, ongoing pastoral care relationship, or the same level of confidentiality that may apply in direct pastoral counseling or local church ministry.

Accuracy, Updates, and Archived Content

We make reasonable efforts to provide faithful, accurate, and useful content. However, content may contain errors, omissions, outdated information, or material that reflects the context in which it was originally written, preached, or published.

Hopoksa Ministries may revise, correct, update, archive, remove, or reorganize content at any time without prior notice.

Older sermons, articles, outlines, transcripts, translations, or other materials may not reflect later revisions, clarifications, or changes in wording.

Third-Party Links and Embedded Content

This website may link to or embed content from third-party websites or services, including YouTube, the Internet Archive, Amazon/KDP, Substack, and other external platforms.

Third-party services are operated by their respective owners. Hopoksa Ministries is not responsible for third-party content, availability, recommendations, advertisements, comments, algorithms, purchases, payment practices, data practices, privacy policies, terms of use, outages, or policy changes.

No Endorsement

Links, embeds, quotations, references, or mentions do not necessarily imply endorsement by Hopoksa Ministries of every view, product, platform, ministry, organization, author, speaker, or third-party resource.

Prohibited Uses

You may not use this website or its content to:

Violate any applicable law
Misrepresent Hopoksa Ministries, Jared Byrns, or the content of this website
Suggest endorsement, sponsorship, or affiliation without written permission
Interfere with the operation or security of the website
Attempt unauthorized access to the website or related systems
Scrape, harvest, bulk download, or redistribute content without written permission
Use automated systems in a way that burdens, disrupts, or abuses the website
Use the content for commercial exploitation without written permission

No Donations, Sales, or On-Site Payments

Hopoksa Ministries does not sell access to its teaching content, solicit donations, or accept donations through this website.

This website may include links to third-party sites, including Amazon/KDP, Substack, YouTube, the Internet Archive, or other external platforms. Those sites are operated by third parties and are governed by their own terms, privacy policies, payment practices, and data practices.

Hopoksa Ministries does not process payments, receive payment card information, or manage purchases through this website.

Changes to the Website and These Policies

Hopoksa Ministries may change, suspend, remove, or discontinue any part of the website at any time.

We may also update these policies from time to time. When we do, we will update the effective date above. Your continued use of the website after changes are posted means you accept the updated policies.

Limitation of Liability

This website and its content are provided as-is. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Hopoksa Ministries and Jared Byrns are not liable for damages arising from your use of, inability to use, reliance on, or interaction with this website, its content, or third-party links and services.

Privacy Policy

Hopoksa Ministries respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and what choices you have when you use this website.

Information We Collect

We collect information you voluntarily provide when you contact us through the website. This may include:

Your name
Your email address
The content of your message

Our contact form is powered by Contact Form 7. Please do not submit sensitive personal information through the contact form, including confidential counseling matters, medical information, financial information, or other information you would not want transmitted through a website form.

Although we do not invite sensitive information, we understand that visitors may sometimes include prayer requests or personal concerns in a message. We will treat such messages with care, but the contact form should not be used for urgent, confidential, or emergency communication.

We may also collect limited technical information automatically when you visit the website, such as:

IP address
Browser type
Device type
Pages visited
Referring pages
Approximate location based on IP address
Date and time of visit
Cookie and usage data

This information may be collected through WordPress, Contact Form 7, our hosting provider, site statistics tools, security tools, spam-prevention tools, CookieYes, or similar website services.

How We Use Information

We may use information collected through the website to:

Respond to messages or questions
Maintain and improve the website
Understand general website traffic and usage
Protect the website from spam, abuse, unauthorized access, or security threats
Manage cookie consent preferences
Comply with applicable legal obligations

We do not sell your personal information.

Newsletter and Substack

Hopoksa Ministries may link to a newsletter or subscription page hosted by Substack. Newsletter subscriptions are handled by Substack, not directly by this website.

If you subscribe through Substack, your subscription information is governed by Substack’s own terms and privacy policies. You may unsubscribe from Substack emails using the unsubscribe link provided in those emails or through your Substack account settings.

Third-Party Links and Embedded Content

This website may link to or embed content from third-party websites or services, including YouTube, the Internet Archive, Amazon/KDP, Substack, and other external platforms.

Embedded content from other websites may behave as though you visited that website directly. Those third parties may collect data, use cookies, track interactions, or apply their own privacy policies.

Hopoksa Ministries is not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or policies of third-party websites or services.

Children’s Privacy

This website is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information through this website, please contact us so we can review and delete it as appropriate.

Retention of Information

We retain personal information only as long as needed for the purposes described in this policy, including responding to messages, maintaining ministry records, protecting the website, resolving disputes, or complying with legal obligations.

Contact form messages may be retained as long as needed to respond and maintain appropriate records. We may delete messages when they are no longer needed.

Technical, anonymous, or aggregated data that does not identify a specific person may be retained for a longer period.

Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, such as the right to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, or portability of your personal information.

To make a privacy-related request, contact us at info [at] hopoksa [dot] org. We will respond in accordance with applicable law.

Security

We use reasonable measures to protect information under our control. However, no website, email, contact form, or internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You use the website and submit information at your own risk.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the effective date above. Your continued use of the website after changes are posted means you accept the updated policy.

Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how Hopoksa Ministries uses cookies and similar technologies on this website.

What Cookies Are

Cookies are small files placed on your device when you visit a website. Cookies may help a website function, remember preferences, improve security, measure traffic, or provide embedded content.

How We Use Cookies

This website may use cookies and similar technologies for purposes such as:

Operating the website
Remembering cookie consent preferences
Measuring general website traffic
Improving site performance
Protecting against spam, abuse, or unauthorized access
Displaying embedded content from third-party services

Some cookies are necessary for the website to function. Others may be optional and used only with your consent, depending on your location and the type of cookie.

Cookie Consent

This website uses CookieYes to manage cookie consent. Visitors may be presented with options to Accept, Reject, or Customize cookie preferences.

You can change your cookie preferences through the cookie banner or cookie settings tool, if available.

Third-Party Cookies

Third-party services, including YouTube, the Internet Archive, Substack, Amazon/KDP, or other embedded or linked services, may use their own cookies or tracking technologies. Hopoksa Ministries does not control third-party cookies once you interact with those services.

Managing Cookies

You may also manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect how some parts of the website function.

Cookie List

CookieYes may provide a current cookie list or cookie table based on a scan of the website. That table, if displayed, should be considered part of this Cookie Policy.

Copyright and Use Policy

Unless otherwise noted, the original content on this website is owned by Jared Byrns, through his teaching ministry, Hopoksa Ministries.

This includes articles, sermon texts, teaching materials, outlines, discussion questions, graphics, and other original materials published on the site.

Ministry Use Permission

Hopoksa Ministries wants these resources to serve the church. You may quote, share, print, or reproduce reasonable portions of the content for non-commercial ministry, teaching, preaching, Bible study, or personal use, provided that:

The content is not altered in a misleading way
Proper attribution is given to Hopoksa Ministries or Jared Byrns
The material is not sold
The material is not used to imply endorsement
The material is not republished as a full article, full sermon text, full transcript, book, course, website, or other standalone resource without written permission

Churches and ministries may reproduce sermon outlines, discussion questions, handouts, or similar teaching resources for internal, non-commercial ministry use, provided attribution is included.

Suggested attribution:

“Used by permission of Hopoksa Ministries. hopoksa.org”

“Adapted from material by Jared Byrns, Hopoksa Ministries. hopoksa.org”

Additional permission may apply when material was prepared for a specific church, ministry, school, conference, class, or event in connection with Jared Byrns’s employment or formal ministry service, depending on the circumstances under which the material was prepared.

Hopoksa Ministries reserves the right to modify or revoke these permissions at any time.

Uses Requiring Written Permission

You must receive prior written permission before:

Republishing full articles, sermon texts, or sermon transcripts
Translating Hopoksa Ministries content
Creating derivative works for public distribution
Downloading, re-uploading, redistributing, or reposting audio or video files
Using audio or video clips beyond ordinary fair use
Including Hopoksa Ministries content in a book, course, paid product, podcast, video, or broadcast
Posting substantial portions of content on another website, app, or platform
Using the content for commercial purposes
Bulk downloading, scraping, archiving, or redistributing site content

To request permission, contact info [at] hopoksa [dot] org.

Linking Preferred for Audio and Video

Please link to the original Hopoksa Ministries page rather than downloading, re-uploading, reposting, or redistributing audio or video files.

This helps ensure that visitors receive the content in its proper context and that older versions are not circulated after updates, corrections, or removals.

AI, Scraping, and Automated Use

You may not use automated tools to scrape, copy, harvest, bulk download, or reproduce content from this website without prior written permission.

You may not use Hopoksa Ministries content to train, fine-tune, develop, or improve artificial intelligence systems, machine-learning models, datasets, or similar technologies without prior written permission.

Ordinary search-engine indexing, normal search snippets, and reasonable linking to public pages are permitted.

Names, Logos, and Branding

The names “Hopoksa” and “Hopoksa Ministries,” along with associated logos, branding, graphics, design elements, and ministry identifiers, may not be used in a way that suggests affiliation, sponsorship, approval, or endorsement without prior written permission.

Scripture Quotations

This website may quote from several Bible translations. Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are identified by translation abbreviation, such as NASB95, NBLA, KJV, NKJV, or CSB.

Scripture quotations are governed by the copyright and permission policies of their respective copyright holders. The following notices apply site-wide where these translations are quoted.

NASB95 — Scripture quotations taken from the New American Standard Bible® (NASB®), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

KJV — Scripture quotations from the King James Version are in the public domain in the United States.

CSB — Scripture quotations marked CSB have been taken from the Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible® and CSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers.

When Scripture is quoted in audio, video, downloadable materials, printed materials, or other formats, additional or different copyright notices may be required by the applicable Bible publisher.

Third-Party Materials

Some content linked or embedded on this website may belong to third parties, including YouTube, the Internet Archive, Amazon/KDP, Bible publishers, or other rights holders. Those materials are governed by the rights and policies of their respective owners.

Copyright Concerns

If you believe that any content on this website infringes your copyright or other rights, please contact us at info [at] hopoksa [dot] org with a description of the concern and enough information for us to review it.

Changes to This Copyright and Use Policy

We may update this Copyright and Use Policy from time to time. Continued use of the website after changes are posted means you accept the updated policy.