Our Team
Bryan Newberry felt called into the ministry at the age of 15 and was serving as a youth pastor by the age of 19. Three years later, he got married to his wife, Cheryl, and joined the pastoral staff at Horizon Christian Fellowship. Pastor Bryan started Calvary Chapel San Diego in the South Bay area of San Diego in September of 1985, at age 24, and continued for 33 years. He handed off the church to a new senior pastor in January 2018.
Bryan has a Words of Encouraging Ministry, which contains his speaking messages on the whole Bible; it contains both current and archival messages.
He has also joined with the Poimen Ministry, which is a ministry designed to help Senior Pastors as a support ministry for church transitions, coaching, and interim pastoring.
Bryan has a Bachelors degree in Philosophy Religion and Biblical Studies, a minor in Youth Ministries, and a continuing study in Apologetics.
Pastor Bryan also speaks as a conference and retreat speaker. He has a vision for missions and has held pastor’s conferences to
support churches in Europe and South America. During the 8 years he’s been with Poimen Ministries, he worked to transition in a new pastor at a church in Northern California for 9 months, and worked as a pastor of another church for 3 months. After 2 years of working with Poimen Ministries, Bryan once again felt called to be a Senior Pastor.
God opened the door to step into pastoring Calvary Chapel Los Alamitos in July 2020. God called him to come in and pastor this church in Southern California. The church is an established church that has existed for over 25 years. The pastor before him retired, and they were in need of someone to step into the pastor-ship of this church, especially during the CoVid 19 pandemic. As the church normally meets in a building at Rush Park in the Rossmoor area, they were able to meet outdoors when things were closed for inside worship. God continues to use Bryan in the teaching of the Word of God every Sunday morning and every Wednesday evening.
