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Dale Partridge
Personal
Born
Dale James Partridge

(1985-04-10) April 10, 1985 (age 39)
Upland, California
ReligionChristianity
NationalityAmerican
SpouseVeronica Partridge, 2010
Children4
DenominationReformed
SchoolWestern Seminary[1]
OccupationTheologian, pastor, author
Senior posting
PostPastor
Websitehttps://dalepartridge.com/

Dale Partridge (born 10 April 1985) is an American Reformed theologian, pastor and author.[2] He currently serves as  the lead teaching pastor at King’s Way Church in Prescott, Arizona.[3] He is also the President of Relearn.org and Founder of Reformation Seminary.[4]

Early life and education[edit]

Partridge grew up in Southern California, where he attended  high school and started several businesses in his late teens, including a personal training and massage therapy business.[5]In 2018, Partridge enrolled at Western Theological Seminary in Portland, Oregon, where he earned a graduate certificate in Theology.[6]

Career[edit]

In his early days, Partridge pursued a baseball career which ended early due to an arm injury.[7] He then switched to entrepreneurship, and eventually founded Thresh Hold Rock Climbing Gym in Riverside, California, in 2005. In 2011, Partridge founded the e-commerce websites Sevenly.org[5] and in 2018, StartupCamp.com.[8]

At Sevenly, he experimented with social/charitable cause-based business ecosystems by using art and fashion to raise funds and awareness for a new charity every week. In 2012, the business model of Sevenly was featured by Entrepreneur magazine.[9]

Partridge has been featured in various business and editorial publications, including the cover of Entrepreneur and Inc magazines, Mashable.com,[10][11] Forbes,[12] the Los Angeles Times,[13] and People magazine.[14] He has also appeared on FOX News,[15]and Today.[16]

Prior to entering into the ministry, Partridge was a business author. He wrote People over Profit published by Thomas Nelson, which became Wall Street Journal bestseller.[17][7] The premise of this book was presented in his TEDx talk given in 2015. Also published by Thomas Nelson were Partridge’s Launch Your Dream and Saved from Success[18][19]

He left the business industry in 2017 to pursue a career in ministry.[20]

Ministry[edit]

Partridge leads a digital ministry, Relearn.org.[2][21]that is focused on biblical and theological literacy in the church.[10] In addition, Partridge hosts a weekly podcast, Real Christianity.[15]

In 2015, on the TV show Good Morning America,[22] Partridge revealed that his views on women's leggings influenced his wife to discard it from her wardrobe.[23][24]

In 2019, he argued against electing people with mental illnesses to church leadership positions  after his friend and fellow pastor committed suicide.[25]

In January 2020, Christianity Today published an article about Partridge's past struggle with plagiarism.[26][27] Partridge has admitted that he has inadvertently used other people's work without attribution in the past and would put an end to this practice.

Partridge  has also been a voice against the transgender movement’s influence on children.[28] In 2022, as an alternative to Drag Queen Story Hour, Partridge hosted “Pastor Story Hour” in his Arizona hometown.[21]That same year, he released a children’s book, Jesus and My Gender where Partridge affirms the biblical model for gender.[28] He has also been outspoken about traditional male and female roles in the church,[4] as well as a proponent for headcoverings for women during worship.[3]

In 2023, he became senior pastor at King’s Way Church in Prescott, Arizona, which holds to the Westminster Confession of Faith.[12]

Personal life[edit]

In 2015, Partridge and his wife were sued by their neighbor for $150,000. The lawsuit was filed against them at Deschutes County Circuit Court[29] for cutting down six juniper trees on their neighbor's property to have unobstructed views of the Three Sisters peaks.[30] Later in 2016, the lawsuit was settled out of court.[31]

Books[edit]

  • People Over Profit: Break the System, Live with Purpose, Be More Successful, 2015: Thomas Nelson (publisher), ISBN 9781501222306
  • Launch Your Dream: A 30-Day Plan for Turning Your Passion Into Your Profession, 2017: Thomas Nelson (publisher), ISBN 9780718093419
  • Saved from Success: How God Can Free You from Culture's Distortion of Family, Work, and the Good Life, 2018: Thomas Nelson (publisher), ISBN 9780718093440
  • Real Christianity: How to Be Bold for Christ In a Culture of Darkness, 2019: Relearn Press

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Western Seminary Commencement" (PDF). Portland & Global Campus. July 10, 2021. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  2. ^ a b "'There is No Such Thing as Costless Christianity': Dale Partridge Urges Believers to Resist 'Cultural Counterfeit' Faith". Faithwire. 2019-11-20. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  3. ^ a b "Book Review: A Cover for Glory, by Dale Partridge". Trinity Bible Chapel. 2023-05-16. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  4. ^ a b "Now there's a movement to bar women as worship leaders in churches". Baptist News Global. 2023-03-01. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  5. ^ a b "Just Sevenly: Dale Partridge – OC Weekly". 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  6. ^ "Dale Partridge, Christian 'influencer' and church planter, haunted by plagiarism claims". Religion News Service. January 7, 2020.
  7. ^ a b Kirkpatrick, Evan. "How Sevenly CEO Dale Partridge Is Changing The World $7 At A Time". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  8. ^ "Virtual Mentor Squad: Don't Be Average!". Genx. 2016-09-12. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  9. ^ Moran, Gwen (2012-06-07). "Doing Good One T-Shirt at a Time". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  10. ^ a b Larson, Eric (22 March 2013). "Non-Profit Enters the Reality TV World With Crowdfunded Program". Mashable. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  11. ^ Epstein, Eli (27 March 2014). "How Sevenly Became America's Most Social Small Business". Mashable.com. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  12. ^ a b "About Dale Partridge". Reformation Seminary. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  13. ^ "Sevenly hopes to change the world one T-shirt at time". Los Angeles Times. 2012-01-25. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  14. ^ "The Amazing Reason This Husband Says a Man Can Never Be Married to 'Only One Woman'". People.com. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  15. ^ a b "Husband shares heartfelt post about marriage, being with 'one woman'". FOX 5 New York. 2016-11-15. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  16. ^ "Read man's heartfelt message about how he's married to 'many' women". Today.com. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  17. ^ "Best-Selling Books Week Ended May 10". WSJ.com. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  18. ^ "Saved From Success: How God Can Free You From Culture's Distortion Of Family, Work, And The Good Life". harpercollins.com.au. HarperCollins Australia. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  19. ^ "Will Millennials Return to Religion?". publishersweekly.com. Archived from the original on 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  20. ^ "Christian Influencer Dale Partridge Shares Inspirational Quotes—But They Weren't All His". News & Reporting. 2020-01-07. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  21. ^ a b "Pastor Story Hour Reinstated at Public Library Despite Objections". My Christian Daily. 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  22. ^ "This Christian blogger has stopped wearing leggings so she doesn't 'entice' other men". The Independent. 2015-01-27. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
  23. ^ "Do leggings give men such 'lustful thoughts' women should stop wearing them?". San Diego Union-Tribune. 2015-01-21. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
  24. ^ "Oregon Blogger Ignites Controversy by Banning 'Lustful' Leggings From Her Wardrobe". ABCNews.com. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
  25. ^ "People struggling with mental illness shouldn't be in church leadership, Jarrid Wilson's friend says". christianpost.com. 2019-09-18. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  26. ^ Smietana, Bob (January 7, 2020). "Christian Influencer Dale Partridge Shares Inspirational Quotes—But They Weren't All His". ChristianityToday.com. Religion News Service. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  27. ^ "'Christian Influencer' Dale Partridge Continues to Be Chased By Plagiarism Accusations". RelevantMagazine.com. 2020-01-08. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  28. ^ a b "Church leaders counter drag queen events for children with 'Pastor's Story Hour' at libraries". washingtontimes.com. November 23, 2022.
  29. ^ "Tumalo woman sues couple over felled juniper trees". KTVZ.com. KTVZ News. 2015-08-27. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  30. ^ Green, Aimee (2015-08-25). "Bend landowner claims neighbors cut her trees to improve mountain views, sues for $450,000". oregonlive.com. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  31. ^ Green, Aimee (2016-02-06). "Neighbors accused of cutting neighbor's trees settle". oregonlive.com. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
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