Kaleb Mosley ’16

Please describe your position and what you enjoy most about it.

As a pastor, my primary responsibility is to preach and teach the Word, spend time in prayer for my people, and serve them in whatever ways I can, whether that be visiting, making grocery runs when someone is sick, or any number of things. My job through prayer and preaching is to care for their souls, which goes beyond the pulpit and into people’s homes and lives.

What aspects of your HLGU experience helped you prepare for your career?

HLGU gave me the foundation of biblical knowledge and growth in holiness that has helped me continue to learn and grow in my ministry. Not only did I make wonderful friends with other students both pursuing the same calling and otherwise, but I am also able to call many of my professors friends as well. These connections have helped shape my life and ministry, even well after I graduated and stopped sending tuition payments.

What have you enjoyed most about your career?

I love the Word of God. Consistently teaching and preaching the Word has been life-giving to me. Being able to do this vocationally has been incredible.

Have you or are you currently continuing your education? If so, please list the institution(s) and degree(s) you earned or are working toward.

I am finishing my Master’s of Divinity in the Spring of ’22 from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

How did HLGU shape you as a person?

HLGU challenged me to take my life and ministry seriously. It was here that I met my wife, who has been the most significant help to my personal growth and ministry. It was here that I made countless friends that I can continue to bounce ideas off of, fellowship with, and confide in. It was here that I was encouraged to take personal holiness seriously and was given opportunities to preach and teach in the local church.

Please share a specific example from your career or life when the skills you gained at HLGU helped you most.

Coming to HLGU, I was never a person who would speak publicly. Public speaking terrified me. Yet, I now speak publicly multiple times a week through classes that I’ve taken and opportunities in the local church to preach and teach. HLGU helped give me the confidence to speak boldly in a public setting and be able to understand, interpret, and apply the Word to the modern congregation.

What HLGU professors played a part in your success? How did your relationship with faculty help you succeed?

The two professors that stand out most to me were Dr. Eric Turner and Dr. Robert Bergen. Through their enthusiasm and love for the Word, each of these professors encouraged me to pursue the calling of vocational ministry and have the tools necessary to be effective in my ministry. Both of these professors have, in fact, even spoken in my church either for a Bible Study or when I was gone on a Sunday morning.

Do you have any tips to share with students interested in this field?

Get involved in the local church. Working within the local church while pursuing your education helped solidify the habits and strategies that we talked about in the classroom.

What are some of your favorite HLGU memories?

Some of my favorite memories include being a part of Phi-Beta-Delta and all that it entails, playing Trojan War dodgeball, and, as lame as it may sound, having studying and writing sessions in the library with my friends. The library was where we grew together as a group of peers and friends. Even though it may have taken us longer to finish our papers, we had a blast doing it.

HLGU’s motto is “knowledge for service.” What roles have these values played in your life?

Knowledge for Service has become the essence of what I do. As I study, read, and write, it is almost all to serve the local church. During my time in my undergrad, it has been formative for me to develop and refine these values, and I take them with me every day.