Dale Partridge Explained

Dale Partridge
Religion:Christianity
Nationality:American
Birth Name:Dale James Partridge
Birth Date:10 April 1985
Birth Place:Upland, California
School:Western Seminary[1]
Spouse:Veronica Partridge, 2010
Children:4
Website:https://dalepartridge.com/
Occupation:Theologian, pastor, author

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

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 Seminary in Portland, Oregon, where he earned a graduate certificate in Theology.[6]

Career

In his early days, Partridge pursued a baseball career which ended early due to an arm injury. 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 and in 2018, StartupCamp.com.[7]

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.[8]

Partridge has been featured in various business and editorial publications, including the cover of Entrepreneur and Inc magazines, Mashable.com,[9] [10] Forbes,[11] the Los Angeles Times,[12] and People magazine.[13] He has also appeared on FOX News,[14] and Today.[15]

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.[16] [17] 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 world in 2017 to pursue a career in ministry.[20]

Ministry

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

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 plagiarism that was present in a number of Partridge's writings.[26] [27] Partridge has claimed that his use of other people's work without attribution was inadvertent and that he would put an end to this practice.

Partridge has also been a voice against what he perceives as the influence of what he calls the "transgender movement" on children.[28] In 2022, as an alternative to Drag Queen Story Hour, Partridge hosted “Pastor Story Hour” in his Arizona hometown. That same year, he released a children’s book, Jesus and My Gender where Partridge affirms what he sees as the biblical model for gender. He has also been outspoken about traditional male and female roles in the church, as well as a proponent for headcoverings for women during worship. He has been known to attribute quotes by others, such as by Martin Luther King, Jr., Ricky Martin, Ron Finley, and John Wooden, as his own words.[29]

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

Personal life

In 2015, a lawsuit was filed in Deschutes County Circuit Court against Partridge and his wife by their neighbor, a local psychic, demanding $150,000 in damages.[30]   The legal action, perceived as excessive and overreaching, stemmed from the removal of six juniper trees on what was believed to be the neighbor's property. In the absence of clear boundary markers and fencing, the Partridges, while clearing nearly a hundred trees on their land, inadvertently encroached on their neighbor's property.[31] Later in 2016, the lawsuit was settled out of court.[32]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: July 10, 2021 . Western Seminary Commencement . 2024-04-13 . Portland & Global Campus . en-US.
  2. Web site: 'There is No Such Thing as Costless Christianity': Dale Partridge Urges Believers to Resist 'Cultural Counterfeit' Faith. 2019-11-20. Faithwire. en-US. 2019-12-25.
  3. Web site: 2023-05-16 . Book Review: A Cover for Glory, by Dale Partridge . 2024-04-13 . Trinity Bible Chapel . en-US.
  4. Web site: 2023-03-01 . Now there's a movement to bar women as worship leaders in churches . 2024-04-13 . Baptist News Global . en-US.
  5. Web site: 2014-03-13 . Just Sevenly: Dale Partridge – OC Weekly . 2024-04-13 . en-US.
  6. Web site: Dale Partridge, Christian 'influencer' and church planter, haunted by plagiarism claims. January 7, 2020. Religion News Service.
  7. Web site: 2016-09-12 . Virtual Mentor Squad: Don't Be Average! . 2024-04-13 . Genx . en.
  8. Web site: Doing Good One T-Shirt at a Time. Moran. Gwen. 2012-06-07. Entrepreneur. en. 2019-12-25.
  9. Web site: Non-Profit Enters the Reality TV World With Crowdfunded Program. Larson. Eric. Mashable. 22 March 2013 . en. 2019-12-25.
  10. Web site: How Sevenly Became America's Most Social Small Business. Epstein. Eli. Mashable.com . 27 March 2014 . en. 2019-12-25.
  11. Web site: About Dale Partridge . 2024-04-13 . Reformation Seminary.
  12. Web site: Sevenly hopes to change the world one T-shirt at time. 2012-01-25. Los Angeles Times. en-US. 2019-12-25.
  13. Web site: The Amazing Reason This Husband Says a Man Can Never Be Married to 'Only One Woman'. People.com. en. 2019-12-25.
  14. Web site: Husband shares heartfelt post about marriage, being with 'one woman'. 2016-11-15. FOX 5 New York. en-US. 2019-12-25.
  15. Web site: Read man's heartfelt message about how he's married to 'many' women. Today.com. 14 November 2016. en. 2019-12-25.
  16. News: Best-Selling Books Week Ended May 10. WSJ.com . en-US. 2019-12-25.
  17. Web site: How Sevenly CEO Dale Partridge Is Changing The World $7 At A Time. Kirkpatrick. Evan. Forbes. en. 2019-12-25.
  18. Web site: Saved From Success: How God Can Free You From Culture's Distortion Of Family, Work, And The Good Life. harpercollins.com.au . HarperCollins Australia. en-AU. 2019-12-25.
  19. Web site: Will Millennials Return to Religion?. publishersweekly.com. live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180228213341/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/religion/article/76179-will-millennials-return-to-religion.html . 2018-02-28 . 2019-12-25.
  20. Web site: 2020-01-07 . Christian Influencer Dale Partridge Shares Inspirational Quotes—But They Weren't All His . 2024-04-13 . News & Reporting . en.
  21. Web site: 2023-01-29 . Pastor Story Hour Reinstated at Public Library Despite Objections . 2024-04-13 . My Christian Daily . en-US.
  22. Web site: This Christian blogger has stopped wearing leggings so she doesn't 'entice' other men. 2015-01-27. The Independent. en. 2020-01-04.
  23. Web site: Do leggings give men such 'lustful thoughts' women should stop wearing them?. 2015-01-21. . en-US. 2020-01-04.
  24. Web site: Oregon Blogger Ignites Controversy by Banning 'Lustful' Leggings From Her Wardrobe. ABCNews.com. en. 2020-01-04.
  25. Web site: 2019-09-18 . People struggling with mental illness shouldn't be in church leadership, Jarrid Wilson's friend says . 2024-04-24 . christianpost.com . en.
  26. Web site: Christian Influencer Dale Partridge Shares Inspirational Quotes—But They Weren't All His. Bob. Smietana. ChristianityToday.com . Religion News Service. January 7, 2020. June 22, 2022.
  27. Web site: 2020-01-08. 'Christian Influencer' Dale Partridge Continues to Be Chased By Plagiarism Accusations. 2020-07-31. RelevantMagazine.com . en-US.
  28. News: November 23, 2022 . Church leaders counter drag queen events for children with 'Pastor's Story Hour' at libraries . washingtontimes.com.
  29. Web site: January 7, 2020 . Dale Partridge, Christian 'influencer' and church planter, haunted by plagiarism claims . religionnews.com.
  30. Web site: 2015-08-27 . Tumalo woman sues couple over felled juniper trees . 2024-05-11 . KTVZ . en-US.
  31. Web site: 2015-08-25 . Bend landowner claims neighbors cut her trees to improve mountain views, sues for $450,000 . 2024-05-11 . oregonlive . en.
  32. Web site: Green. Aimee . 2016-02-06. Neighbors accused of cutting neighbor's trees settle. 2020-07-31. oregonlive.com. en.

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