[Belial]

Actually, no, and I mean no with respect to Catholic, Protestant, and Evangelical denominations, I have never heard any disagreement that the Word is Christ, and that Christ was with God in the beginning.

Oh, there is plenty of disagreement. One main dissenting argument looks at the beginning of John as some kind of gnostic formulation.

Anyway, isn't it kind of a stretch to describe Christ as a word?

[job]

I think if you believe "the Word" references just a word, there is probably not much reason for any further discourse.