Dale Partridge

Dale Partridge
Partridge in 2019
Personal life
BornDale James Partridge
(1985-04-10) April 10, 1985 (age 41)
Upland, California, U.S.
Spouse
Veronica Partridge
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(m. 2010)​
Children4
OccupationTheologian, pastor, author
Websitedalepartridge.com
Religious life
ReligionChristianity

Dale James Partridge (born April 10, 1985) is an American Reformed Christian theologian, pastor and author, who serves as the lead teaching pastor at King's Way Reformed Church in Prescott, Arizona. He is also the president of Relearn.org and founder of Reformation Seminary. According to Vivian Yee, writing for the New York Times, Partridge has attracted an online following for his "incendiary commentary". Partridge calls himself an "aspiring general in the culture war".

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. In 2018, Partridge enrolled at Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon, where he earned a graduate certificate in theology.

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 website Sevenly.org, and in 2018, StartupCamp.com. Before entering the ministry, Partridge was a business author. He left the business world in 2017 to pursue a career in ministry.

Bob Smietana, writing for Religion News Service, includes Partridge in his list of "Jim Crow theobros", and suggests that Partridge has "rebranded himself" from a "lifestyle blogger and social justice evangelical entrepreneur" to a "chain-smoking, hardcore Christian nationalist".

Ministry

Partridge leads a digital ministry, Relearn.org, that is focused on biblical Christian and theological literacy. In addition, Partridge hosts a weekly podcast, Real Christianity. In 2023, he became senior pastor at King's Way Reformed Church in Prescott, Arizona.

Instances of plagiarism

Several plagiarism claims have been made against Partridge, including instances where he allegedly posted content from Martin Luther King Jr., Ricky Martin, Ron Finley, and John Wooden, without proper attribution or citation. Partridge has publicly admitted to and apologized for past plagiarism, attributing his actions to a combination of "past immaturity" and "[failure] to be careful" stemming from his former belief in "'the uncopyright movement,' which put forth the idea that 'all ideas are God's ideas'".

Partridge said that "before I found faith in Christ, specifically between 2010 and 2014, I would thoughtlessly share tweets and social media posts without acknowledging the original source, giving people the impression that their words were mine." He maintains that while he "stopped this blatant form of plagiarism after [his] conversion in late 2014, [he] struggled with more subtle forms of plagiarism until 2018-2019", whereby he would "unintentionally reproduce short phrases without proper citation or add a sentence into a podcast from my research notes without mentioning the source". As of 2023, he maintains that he has "made significant changes to [his] publishing process to ensure proper citations, multiple rounds of third-party editing (especially for books), and the use of plagiarism detection software to catch any unintentional plagiarism".

Political views

Mental health

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

Women

Partridge has been outspoken about traditional male and female roles in the church, as well as a proponent for headcoverings for women during prayer and worship in accordance with his study of 1 Corinthians 11:1–14. In 2024, Partridge made a series of tweets arguing that "in a Christian marriage, a wife should vote according to her husband’s direction". He said in 2026 that women should not vote in the United States and the 19th Amendment should be repealed. In 2015, on the TV show Good Morning America, Partridge revealed that his views on women's leggings influenced his wife to discard it from her wardrobe.

Race

Partridge opposes interracial marriages, although his wife is Mexican American.

In June 2026, while giving a sermon at his church, Partridge called for the return of African colonization. He claimed that God assigned Africans, as descendants of Ham, to be ruled over by Whites, Europeans, Asians, Jews, and Arabs, whom he claimed are the descendants of Shem and Japhet.

LGBT issues

Partridge has spoken out against what he perceives as the influence of what he calls the "transgender movement" on children. In 2022, as an alternative to Drag Queen Story Hour, Partridge hosted "Pastor Story Hour" in his Arizona hometown. That year, Partridge released a children's book, Jesus and My Gender, in which he affirms what he sees as the biblical model for gender.

The Holocaust and Israel

In August 2026 on the subject of Jewish activities in Germany during the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany, Partridge said the country had been "attacked from within by grossly immoral Jewish forces during the Weimar Republic" and that the "Nazi movement terrified the Jews because it represented a powerful form of Christian nationalism."

Other religions

Partridge has called freedom of religion "a really bad idea". He believes that non-Christian religions, such as Islam and paganism, should be banned from being practiced under US law, stating "there should be no worship of any other gods". He has called Islam "an existential threat to western civilization" and believes that Muslims should be converted to Christianity.

Personal life

In 2015, the owner of the land neighboring the property owned by Partridge and his wife filed a lawsuit against them in Deschutes County Circuit Court. She alleged that they "willfully cut down 'ancient' juniper trees on her property to improve their view" and requested $150,000 in damages. The plaintiff's lawyer alleged, "It's not just like they're on the property line. They're 250–300 feet onto my client's property." In a response statement, Partridge said that he was "really shocked" and that "the whole truth [would] eventually come out." He declined to elaborate further, stating that he had been "instructed to keep [his] words for the courtroom". Later, in 2016, the lawsuit was settled out of court.

Partridge is married to Veronica, a Mexican American woman. In January 2026, he stated that interracial marriage is not the "ideal". According to Premier Christian News, his remarks drew a backlash "for perceived hypocrisy".

Publications

References

  1. 1 2 "'There is No Such Thing as Costless Christianity': Dale Partridge Urges Believers to Resist 'Cultural Counterfeit' Faith". Faithwire. November 20, 2019. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Book Review: A Cover for Glory, by Dale Partridge". Trinity Bible Chapel. May 16, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Now there's a movement to bar women as worship leaders in churches". Baptist News Global. March 1, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
  4. ↑ Yee, Vivian (April 2, 2026). "The Women Who Believe That Women Should Lose the Right to Vote". New York Times. Retrieved April 2, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Dale Partridge". x.com. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
  6. 1 2 "Just Sevenly: Dale Partridge – OC Weekly". March 13, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
  7. 1 2 "Dale Partridge, Christian 'influencer' and church planter, haunted by plagiarism claims". Religion News Service. January 7, 2020.
  8. 1 2 Kirkpatrick, Evan. "How Sevenly CEO Dale Partridge Is Changing The World $7 At A Time". Forbes. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Virtual Mentor Squad: Don't Be Average!". Genx. September 12, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Best-Selling Books Week Ended May 10". WSJ.com. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Christian Influencer Dale Partridge Shares Inspirational Quotes—But They Weren't All His". News & Reporting. January 7, 2020. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
  12. ↑ Smietana, Bob (September 24, 2026). "The rise of the Jim Crow theobros". Religion News Service. Retrieved September 25, 2026.
  13. 1 2 "Pastor Story Hour Reinstated at Public Library Despite Objections". My Christian Daily. January 29, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
  14. ↑ Larson, Eric (March 22, 2013). "Non-Profit Enters the Reality TV World With Crowdfunded Program". Mashable. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
  15. ↑ "Husband shares heartfelt post about marriage, being with 'one woman'". FOX 5 New York. November 15, 2016. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
  16. ↑ "About Dale Partridge". Reformation Seminary. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
  17. ↑ Admin, C. M. S. (January 7, 2020). "Christian Influencer Dale Partridge Shares Inspirational Quotes—But They Weren't All His". Christianity Today. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  18. 1 2 "Is Dale Partridge a Plagiarist?". Relearn.org. July 12, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  19. ↑ "People struggling with mental illness shouldn't be in church leadership, Jarrid Wilson's friend says". christianpost.com. September 18, 2019. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  20. ↑ Solnit, Rebecca (November 1, 2024). "Some Maga men seem to think women don't have rights – starting with their wives". The Guardian. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  21. ↑ Morris, Jessica (January 29, 2026). "Pastor Dale Partridge says women lack the emotional capacity to vote". The Roys Report. Retrieved February 16, 2026.
  22. ↑ "This Christian blogger has stopped wearing leggings so she doesn't 'entice' other men". The Independent. January 27, 2015. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  23. ↑ "Do leggings give men such 'lustful thoughts' women should stop wearing them?". San Diego Union-Tribune. January 21, 2015. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  24. ↑ "Oregon Blogger Ignites Controversy by Banning 'Lustful' Leggings From Her Wardrobe". ABCNews.com. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  25. 1 2 Mena, Nayana (January 12, 2026). "Christian author faces backlash for claiming interracial marriage is 'not ideal'". Premier Christian News. Retrieved January 12, 2026.
  26. ↑ Ginther, Mary (July 10, 2026). "'What Century Are We In?': MAGA Arizona Pastor Faces Backlash After Claiming Black People Were Meant to Live Under White Rule". Atlanta Black Star. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
  27. 1 2 "Church leaders counter drag queen events for children with 'Pastor's Story Hour' at libraries". washingtontimes.com. November 23, 2022.
  28. ↑ Mantyla, Kyle (August 5, 2026). "Dale Partridge Says Nazism 'Represented A Powerful Form Of Christian Nationalism'". Right Wing Watch. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
  29. ↑ "Christian Nationalist Pastor Dale Partridge Says Freedom Of Religion Is 'A Really Bad Idea' | People For". www.peoplefor.org. January 12, 2026. Retrieved August 11, 2026.
  30. ↑ https://app.relearn.org/tabs/explore/audiobooks/45181
  31. ↑ "Tumalo woman sues couple over felled juniper trees". KTVZ. August 27, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
  32. ↑ "Bend landowner claims neighbors cut her trees to improve mountain views, sues for $450,000". oregonlive. August 25, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
  33. ↑ Green, Aimee (February 6, 2016). "Neighbors accused of cutting neighbor's trees settle". oregonlive.com. Retrieved July 31, 2020.