Leadership

Chris Platt has been Lead Pastor at Highland Baptist Church of Shelbyville since September 2014. He is a PK who grew up in Miami, Louisville, New Jersey, and Houston. He previously served Kentucky Baptist churches in Louisville, Henderson, Somerset, and Crestwood. Chris is a graduate of Baylor University and The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and he received his Doctorate from Fuller Theological Seminary. He and his wife Phyllis have been blessed with two daughters, Alyssa and Rachel, and five grandchildren. He enjoys family time, sharing the gospel, listening to Christian music, eating ice cream, playing golf, and cheering on the Kentucky Wildcats, Baylor Bears, and Boston Red Sox. His life verse is Galatians 2:20. 

Zach Wood has been the Family Ministry Pastor at Highland since April of 2020. He grew up in Bardstown, KY and is a graduate of the University of Kentucky. He and his wife Lyndsey married in 2017 and are blessed to have 2 sons Isaac and Jude. Zach has previously served with churches in Bardstown and Nicholasville. He loves spending time with friends and family, watching movies, and playing disc golf. Zach is passionate about helping the next generation grow in their faith and serve God with their lives.

Eli Harkey and his family joined Highland in the Spring of 2021. Since joining he has been an active volunteer in multiple areas including our worship, student, kids, and deacon ministries. Eli has previous experience on church staff in Texas. Our church voted him to be the Interim Worship Leader as we continue our search for a full-time pastor. He is married to Elaine and they have have 3 wonderful children; Kennedy, Judah, and Harrison.

Sharon Wilson was the ministry assistant at HBC from July 2019 - June 2021 at which point she resigned in order to focus more of her attention on her two homeschooled daughters during their high school years. With the girls moving on to college classes, the Lord opened the door for Sharon to return to her prior ministry position in July 2025. Church ministry has always been part of her life. She grew up a pastor’s kid (PK) in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska. She attended College of the Ozarks in Missouri where she met her future husband, Daniel. After graduation, she spent two years at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary then returned to Missouri to get married in 2001. She has been on staff at two churches prior to HBC. She is an avid reader, loves to study theology, has a passion for apologetics, and finds great joy in teaching others to know God more fully so they can love Him more deeply with their head, heart and hands. She is passionate about helping families become more consistent and intentional about discipling their children in the truth of the Bible and in a Christian worldview.