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.
