Jared was elected as the Youth President of the Louisiana District of the United Pentecostal Church at the District Conference in March, 2007.  He was raised as a missionary child in El Salvador and has experienced living on the mission field.  He is bilingal, fluent in both English and Spanish.

He and his wife, Loida, have daughter Zoe and new-born baby Isabella Grace.  He is an assistant to Reverend Danny Chance at the Christian Life Church in Monroe, LA.

He is the son of Reverend Bruce Howell, Foreign Missions Director of the United Pentecostal Church, International.