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Dale Partrdige

Dale, born to a blue-collar worker and a homemaker in Southern California, spent his childhood engaged in outdoor activities like sports, skateboarding, and boxing. His family, culturally Christian, attended church sporadically. While their home featured Christian-themed decorations and prayers were said at meals, there was no deep engagement with biblical teachings such as repentance, regeneration, or sanctification.

Dale's natural athletic abilities and compelling personality stood out from an early age. His persuasive nature during childhood debates with his father led his dad to predict he might become a lawyer one day. At 20, after several sleepless nights, Dale experienced what he felt was an encounter with God. This didn't immediately lead to his conversion; instead, Dale became what he describes as a “religious moralist,” embodying the prevalent culture of large Southern Californian churches.

His entrepreneurial spirit emerged early as well. By 24, he had launched several businesses, each generating six figures in revenue. After marrying Veronica in 2010, Dale founded an e-commerce business that expanded to nearly fifty employees and propelled him into recognition—speaking at events for companies like Adobe and Facebook and being featured in Entrepreneur magazine, the Los Angeles Times, and Forbes.

The birth of his first child in 2014 coincided with the publication of his book "People over Profit," which included a foreword by Blake Mycoskie of Toms Shoes. Subsequently, Dale moved his family to Bend, Oregon. It was here that he felt a spiritual awakening that perhaps marked his true conversion through deeper interactions with other Christians who grasped the Gospel.

In Oregon, Dale continued with startups and authorship until 2016 when he started preaching at his local church. The following year saw him leave the business sector for full-time ministry work—he founded Relearn.org and established a home-based church. He pursued theological education at Western Seminary and delved into the writings of the Puritans and Reformers.

By late 2019 or early 2020, Dale's understanding of Christianity deepened significantly—he embraced key theologies, including God's sovereignty and the Doctrines of Grace—and felt, as he says, “born again, again.” This newfound conviction led him to co-found a small seminary offering a one-year, graduate-level pastoral program with Dr. Jason Barker.

However, within that year's span, Dale fell seriously ill with what was later identified as mold-related sickness that greatly compromised his immune system and nearly took his life in 2021. In need of a dry climate for recovery, he relocated his now five-member family to Northern Arizona, where he gradually regained health through God's grace.

By 2022, Dale wrote several additional books, including his bestselling children’s book “Jesus and My Gender” and “The Manliness of Christ.” Later that year, he had planted another small house church, which evolved into what is now King’s Way Church in Prescott by 2023. That same year saw the arrival of their fourth child who has been an emblem of restored hope for their family. Now, with a thriving community around them, Dale and Veronica cherish the journey they believe has been divinely authored for their ultimate good.

Website: Dale Partrdige