Refuge Calvary Chapel

Refuge Calvary Chapel

7800 Edinger Ave
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
(714) 891-9495

Alyn Loyd – Associate Pastor

Serving as associate pastor since 1998. Alyn Loyd, and his wife, Billie, moved from London England to Huntington Beach to serve the Lord at Calvary Chapel Huntington Beach.

Pastor Alyn first put his trust in Jesus back in 1975 after reading a Gospel of John. It was given to him by some genuinely loving believers he “accidentally” encountered at their home fellowship. Sitting on a break, one day at work at the old Sheraton in HB on PCH, he read that gospel and the end of the booklet had a question, asking, “Having read this Gospel of John, is there any reason to not ask Jesus to be your Lord * Savior?” “no”, to that question, and “yes” to Jesus, is what followed. It was there on that job he also met his wife-to-be, Billie.

They wed in 1977, attended Calvary Chapel Bible College in Twin Peaks in 1980, and began a family of three girls in 1981. Pastor Alyn co-led a thriving home fellowship in HB then, as well as the weekly prayer meeting at Calvary Chapel HB, and God confirmed the call to ministry.

The family moved, to north San Diego County in 1984, and plugged into Calvary Chapel Vista. There Alyn eventually served as a Sunday School teacher, usher, board member and later as assistant pastor, while also running a small business. 

Once again the family moved in 1997. This time to help with a new church planted in London, England, as well as lay the groundwork for another church plant in Harrogate (in the north of England). While serving in the UK, Alyn providentially met Refuge’s Senior Pastor, Bill Welsh, who was in the UK for just a couple days.

A year later, the family was back to Huntington Beach, and Pastor Alyn became the Associate Pastor of Refuge. It was during the return to the U.S. that Pastor Alyn earned his Master’s degree in Pastoral Ministry. Currently, he leads Man2Man (Refuge Men’s Ministry), counsels, serves as the administrator and as Pastor Bill’s right hand man.

Bill Welsh, and his wife, Joy, began serving the Lord at Calvary Chapel Huntington Beach in 1997. It was at that time Bill was asked to take the Senior Pastor position. They moved their family to Huntington Beach in June of 1997. They continue to serve the Lord in that capacity today. Joy is leading the women’s ministry, Heart 2 Heart.

Complete Bio: 

1952

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio. One brother and three sisters. Raised in a Roman Catholic family. Mother and Father divorced in 1963.

 

1967

 Bill’s mother moved with all five children to Long Beach, California in September.

 

1970

Bill received Jesus Christ as His Lord and Savior at “Body and Soul” a “Jesus Meeting” in Long Beach during the “Jesus Movement”. He became a part of the body at Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa and continued to serve there teaching Sunday School and leading worship for the children’s ministry and Jr. High school as well as working with the building of the facility (as a “very unskilled” laborer)

 

1971

Bill began to serve at “The House of Zaccaeus” a Christian coffee house in Long Beach where he met his future bride, Joy who was also a part of the volunteer staff. 

 

1973

Bill moved to Sky Valley, California to serve on staff at the Sky Valley Desert Retreat center (near Palm Springs) to complete his alternate service as a “conscientious objector” during the Viet Nam war. June 3rd of 1973 Bill and Joy were married in Long Beach California. Their four children (Bethany, Shannon, Jeremy and Starlin) were born in Palm Springs, California.

 

1978

Bill began to preach weekly at Indio Hills Community Church, in Indio Hills, California (also known as Happy Valley – true story). Starting as a guest speaker, Bill was invited to consider taking the leadership of the church. Bill & Joy served that body for about 3 years while also serving in many capacities at the Church in Sky Valley.

 

1981

Bill and Joy began a home Bible study in Desert Hot Springs, CA, which turned into Calvary Chapel of Desert Hot Springs, California. They served for about 7 years. 

 

1987

Bill & Joy along with their son Jeremy took their first trip to Australia, preaching in many churches and doing evangelistic concerts in Melbourne and Sydney. They took outreach teams there each summer from 1987-1990.

 

1991

In June of 1991, Bill & Joy and their children moved to Melbourne, Australia to establish the work of Calvary Chapel Melbourne. They lived there for three and a half years until their temporary residence visas ran expired. 

 

1994

In December of 1994, Bill accepted an invitation from Skp Heitzig to join the staff of Calvary Chapel of Albuguerque. The Welsh family moved to Albuguerque and Bill took on the leadership of School of Ministry and the Missions department at Calvary Chapel of Albuguerque, New Mexico. 

 

1997

Bill was asked to take the Senior Pastor position at Calvary Chapel of Huntington Beach, California. The family moved to Huntington Beach in June of 1997 and continues to serve the Lord in that capacity. Joy is leading the women’s ministry.

Refuge is a Person… the God who reveals Himself as “Father”

He is the father and friend we have all been looking for and He invites us to come to Him through Jesus Christ and to bring all our joys and pains, praises and questions, faith and doubts.

Refuge is People... followers of Jesus Christ are called to be a people of refuge in a dangerous world.

Refuge is a place… any place becomes a refuge if God’s people are found doing God’s buiness there.

Refuge has been formed as a fellowship of believers in the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Our supreme desire is to know Christ and be conformed into his image by the power of the Holy Spirit. We are not a denominational church, nor are we opposed to denominations as such, only their overemphasis of the doctrinal differeneces that have led to the division of the body of Christ.

OUR PASTORS:

• Bill Welsh – Senior Pastor
• Alyn Loyd - Associate Pastor
• Geoff Wilson – Missions/Highschool Pastor
• Chris Olague – Young Adult Pastor
• Guillermo DaSilveria – Spanish Ministry Pastor

We believe that the only true basis of Christian fellowship is His “Agape” love, which is greater than any differences we posses and without which we have no right claim ourselves Christians.

We believe worship of God should be Spiritual
We remain flexible and yielded to the leading of the Holy Spirit to direct our worship.

We believe worship of God should be Inspirational.
We give great place to music in our worship.

We believe worship of God should be intelligent.
Our services are designed with great emphasis upon the Word of God that He might
instruct us in how He would be worshipped.

We believe worship of God is frutiful.
We look for his love in our lives as the supreme manifestation that we have truly been
worshipping Him.