About

About W3CU

W3CU also know as Winchester Church of Christ in Christian Union is a group of believers whom meet together in the rural town of Winchester Ohio.  We come together each week to worship God, to draw closer to Him, to draw closer to each other, and to serve those in the community around us.  Whether you’re just curious about God or you’re a long time follower of Christ looking for a church home, we hope you’ll find W3CU to be a place where you belong.

About the Pastors

Dan Harrison – Senior Pastor

Dan Harrison has been the Senior Pastor at W3CU since 1982. His primary focus at this point in his life is to love God and to love people. He says, “If I can do those two things well I will count myself a success in life no matter what else happens or doesn’t happen.”

Dan was born in Hillham, Indiana. He began attending the Hillham Church of Christ in Christian Union and in 1970 was saved alongside his father and brother. Shortly afterwards his mother was also saved.

In 1972, after graduating from high school, Dan enrolled in Circleville Bible College. Following graduation and his ordination in 1976, he accepted the pastorate at Plumwood Church. Four years later he accepted the pastorate at Dayton Northside Church in Huber Heights before coming to Winchester. In 1991 Dan began attending Olivet Nazarene University in pursuit of a masters degree in church management. He graduated from this program in January of 1994.

Since 1992 Dan has served as the head of the General Christian Education Department. He serves on the General Board of Trustees and since 2004 has also served as the Assistant General Superintendent. He and his wife Cheryl have two children, Chad and Ashli.

Dan Bennett 

Dan Bennett is our Pastor of Evangelism. He and his wife Debbie joined us in September of 2003 and he anchors several ministries and is primarily involved with equipping people in the church and helping them find their spiritual SHAPE.

Dan was born and grew up in the Ross County Ohio area. He received Christ as his personal savior in 1978 after encountering many of life’s struggles including the illness of his younger sister. God took a broken young man and through his amazing grace rescued him from a spirit of confusion.

For the past 18 years Dan has been involved in ministry, including 10 years in full-time ministry. Before joining Winchester, he spent 5 years as the senior pastor in Gallipolis, Ohio and an additional 10 years in ministry at Brookside Church in Chillicothe. OH.

Doug Thompson

Doug comes from the hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, but he spent the first 30 years of his life living in many states across the nation. When he was fifteen he met Jesus and began the journey of faith that has led him here to Winchester. Doug came on staff at Winchester CCCU, after nine years of pastoral ministry in Mississippi and West Union, Ohio. Doug’s primary role at the church is to provide oversight of the discipleship of our youth and young adults.

Doug is happily married to Kathryn and they have two boys, Samuel and Josiah. Doug is obviously a family man, as shown by this statement: “If Jesus defines who I am and the church defines what I do, my family defines who I love most in this world, they are the very heart of my living.“

Doug is excited about the future and passionate about seeing more and more of God’s lost children make the journey home.