Phone: 740-474-8856 E:Mail: info@cccuhq.org
Date: July 18-26, 2026
Evangelists: Coming soon!
Bible Teacher: Coming soon!
Song Evangelist: Coming soon!
Teens In Action Coordinator: Rev. Van Bolin
Children's Coordinator: Rev. Elizabeth Witosky
Click here for all the latest information on 2026 Nipgen youth camps.
Special Events:
Ministers & Church Leaders Training - 1:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. (no Thursday afternoon service)
Events Coming Soon!
The offices of the South Central District of The Churches of Christ in Christian Union are located at the CCCU Global Ministry Center in Circleville, Ohio.
Office Hours:
8:30 A.M. - 3:30 P.M. Monday - Friday
Address:
The Churches of Christ in Christian Union
1553 Lancaster Pike
Circleville, OH 43113
Email:
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Phone:
740-420-5519
Fax:
740-477-7766
DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT
Gary Heimbach (2028)
1553 Lancaster Pike, Circleville, OH 43113
Phone: 740/420-5519 O
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ASSISTANT DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT
Doug Campbell (2026)
DISTRICT TREASURER
Bruce Crabtree
DISTRICT COUNCIL SECRETARY
Chrissy Long (appointed)
DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Gary Heimbach (District Superintendent) Chairperson
Doug Campbell (Assistant District Superintendent) Advisory Member
Charles Elliott (2027)
Larry Olson (2027)
Michael Blevins (2026)
David Marhoover (2026)
Donnie Reed (2026)
BOARD OF EXAMINATION
Gary Heimbach (District Superintendent) Chairperson
Michael Tipton (2028)
Leland Allman (2027)
Mark Clendaniel (2026)
CHURCH EXTENSION COMMITTEE
Gary Heimbach (District Superintendent) Chairperson
Dan Bennett (2027)
Mark Taylor (2026)
PASTORAL RELATIONSHIP BOARD
Gary Heimbach (District Superintendent) Chairperson
Jay Neff (2028)
Brad Angus (2027)
John Huffman (2026)
MISSIONARY COMMITTEE
Gary Heimbach (District Superintendent) Advisory Member
Michael Tipton (General Missionary Superintendent) Advisory Member
Randy Hughes (2028) Chairperson
David Lattimer (2027)
Abraham Heimbach (2026)
EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN YOUTH BOARD
President: Brad Jones (2027)
Vice President: Van Bolin (2026)
Secretary: Hannah Weaver (2026)
Treasurer: Katie Polley (2027)
Advisory Pastor: Quanraus Collins (2027)
Member at Large: Josh French (2026)
Student Representative: Mason Sims (2026)
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Gary Heimbach (District Superintendent) Advisory Member
Vonda Loats (2029) Chairperson
Andrew Hottinger (2027)
Carol Allman (2026)
CAMP MEETING COMMITTEE
Gary Heimbach (District Superintendent) Chairperson
Keith Bourne (2028)
Dillon Guilkey (2028)
Jeff Lightle (2028)
Shelby Davis (2027)
Mike Lyon (2027)
David Dixon (2026)
Butch Jenkins (2026)
Ben Polley (2026)
Mike Schlaegel (2026)
EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN LADIES COMMITTEE
Suzanne Huffman (2026), Chairperson - Appointed by District Board
Rachel Sims (2027), Elected by District Council
Hannah Martindale (2026), Elected by District Council
Amber Kasper (2027), Elected by District ECL
Anita Jenkins (2026), Elected by District ECL
NOMINATING COMMITTEE FOR 2026
Ben Polley, Chairperson
David Greer
Jon Hensler
Suzanne Huffman
Paul Jenkins
David Marhoover
Marilyn Roades
Mike Schlaegel
Cathy Sisson
RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE FOR 2026
Melody Wiseman, Chairperson
Quandraus Collins
Peggy Ell
Trevor Lane
CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE FOR 2026
Joe Doss, Chairperson
Logan Lyon
Roberta Newman
Katie Polley
Becky Schlaegel
COUNCIL PROGRAM COMMITTEE FOR 2026
Donnie Reed, Appointed Chairperson
Bud Allman
Van Bolin
RULES AND ORDER OF BUSINESS COMMITTEE FOR 2026
Larry Olson, Appointed Chairperson
Roger Greene
Daniel Greer
More information coming soon!
Welcome to the South Central District of The Churches of Christ in Christian Union. The South Central District is comprised of 91 churches in 10 states. From Ohio to Florida and from Virginia to Texas, we are building God's kingdom by evangelizing the lost in our communities and around the world, discipling believers, promoting scriptural holiness, and establishing churches and ministries which reflect the spirit and practice of the New Testament Church. We invite you to tour our district website and we hope you'll find out everything you need to know about us.
Rev. Gary Heimbach is a native of Wheelersburg, Ohio, and grew up in the Cedar Street Church of Christ in Christian Union in New Boston, Ohio. At nine years old, Gary accepted Jesus as Savior at the altar of our Nipgen Junior Camp.
A 1989 graduate of Wheelersburg High School, Gary enrolled in the University of Cincinnati’s College of Engineering. Not long afterward, following years of struggling and running, Gary accepted the call of God to a life of ministry and was entirely sanctified October 29, 1989. Gary enrolled at Ohio Christian University in January 1990, graduated in 1993 and was ordained in the old tabernacle on the Mount of Praise Campground in August 1993. During his years at OCU, Gary traveled with the college quartet in our churches and youth camps and worked in the enrollment department and student services.
Gary and his wife, the former Rae Cunningham, were married July 3, 1993, and began their married life in Wilmore, Kentucky, where Gary began studies at Asbury Theological Seminary, and from which he graduated in 1996 with a Master of Arts in Christian Education.
From 1994 to 2001 Gary served as pastor of Faith Community Church in Louisville, Kentucky, the Gospel Tabernacle of Oak Hill, West Virginia, and the Belle Avenue CCCU in Delaware, Ohio. In July 2001, Gary received the great honor of a being called as Senior Pastor of his home church, Cedar Street Church of Christ in Christian Union in New Boston, Ohio, where he has now served for seventeen years.
Gary has served the denomination on several boards over the years including the SCD Board of Trustees, nineteen years as an Ohio Christian University trustee and as an adjunct faculty member in the college of Adult and Graduate Studies. Most recently, Gary was elected by the 2018 General Council to serve as Assistant General Superintendent.
Gary takes seriously Jesus’ call to be salt and light in the world and has served community organizations during his pastorate at Cedar Street Church including the board of the Southern Ohio Task Force on Domestic Violence and has been volunteer chaplain for Southern Ohio Medical Center. Gary currently serves as President of the Board of Directors for The Counseling Center, Inc., of Portsmouth, Ohio, a drug and alcohol treatment agency that serves clients in 58 of Ohio’s 88 counties.
Gary and Rae, an RN employed by Compass Community Health of Portsmouth, have three children: Hannah, Abraham and Elizabeth. Hannah is a fourth year student at The Ohio State University and has recently married Joe Weaver. Hannah and Joe reside in Columbus and attend our Daybreak CCCU in Etna, Ohio. Abraham is a senior at Minford High School and Elizabeth is a junior. Both Abe and Elizabeth are fulltime students at Shawnee State University in the College Credit Plus program and are active in the youth ministry at Cedar Street Church.
Gary and Rae are deeply humbled to be asked to serve the district and the denomination in this way. Gary’s family roots in the CCCU go back more than 60 years and he counts the greatest influences in ministry to be his grandfather, Rev. Roy Heimbach, his pastor, Rev. Robert Barth but most of all his parents, Gary and Sharon Heimbach, who have modelled a relationship with Jesus and service to the Church and the Kingdom for all of his life.
