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 - Assistant Pastor

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 - Assistant Pastor

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.

Jeni Sanders - Children's Pastor

Jeni joined the staff in April 2005 as the Children’s Pastor.  She grew up in Chillicothe, Ohio where she attended the Brookside CCCU.  Her family’s influence and the call of God led her to be saved at the age of ten on Mother’s Day. At the age of seventeen she rededicated her life to the Lord at an Acquire the Fire event and the following January was baptized.

After graduation from high school, Jeni attended Circleville Bible College (now Ohio Christian University) where she received her degree in youth ministry.  While attending the college she met her husband, Craig and they were married in the summer before graduation.    

She believes that God has an awesome purpose for her life and that it is playing out right now. He called her to come to this church to be a Children’s Pastor because He knows that she loves kids and that she wants them to come to know Christ and ultimately their whole families come to know Christ because of the children’s influence. In the future she believes that she and Craig will be on the mission field working with kids and teenagers, teaching them about the love of Christ.

Amber MacQuarrie - Secretary

Amber MacQuarrie joins us from New Boston Ohio where she grew up attending Cedar Street CCCU.  At the age of 15, Amber accepted Christ into her life at a local Christian Concert and has since watched Christ radically change and guide her through each major life step.

She comes to W3CU after graduating from and working for Ohio Christian University for the past two years. She received her BA in Psychology/Human Relations in 2005 and is currently studying for a MEd. in School Counseling. If the Lord wills, Amber would love nothing more than to use her knowledge and skills on the mission field in the future. Amber is happily married to Justin MacQuarrie who serves as the church’s Missionary President. Together, they are excited for what the future has for them. They look forward to refining their skills at W3CU as God prepares them for their future ministries.