Dale's life mission is to fervently love God and people, expressing that love frequently, and persevering in it forever.
Dale desires to be used by God to help others on their journey with Christ as we grow into his likeness in whatever context, place and life situations God chooses, thus fulfilling the Great Commandment, the Great Commission, and the Cultural Mandate.
Dale’s Life Verse is Romans 12.12:
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Doctor of Philosophy (Pastoral Ministry), Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Master of Divinity (With languages: Greek, Hebrew, German), Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas
Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education (Math and Physics minors), University of Texas at Austin
Founder & CEO, Men's Divorce Recovery
Hospice Chaplain, Texas Home Health & Hospice (AccentCare), Austin, Texas
Senior Pastor, West Congregational Church, Haverhill, Massachusetts
Pastor, Crestview Baptist Church, Austin, Texas
Pastor, Lebanon Baptist Church, Cleburne, Texas
Chaplain Intern, Children's Medical Center of Dallas. Completion of one basic unit of Clinical Pastoral Education
Pastor, First Baptist Church, Cresson, Texas
Associate Pastor, Hilltop Baptist Church, Burleson, Texas
Pastor, Bee Cave Baptist Church, Austin, Texas
Hiking/Walking/Backpacking
Mountain & Road Biking
Reading (with particular interest in the history of the American Revolution and the intersection of faith and science)
Woodworking, home projects/repair
Classical music (listening)
Guitar, Ukulele, Bass Guitar (Intermediate/Beginner/Beginner)
Shooting and Hunting
Southwestern at Oxford, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, (Summer 2000)
Centurions Program with the Wilberforce Forum, Charles Colson, Director (2005-2006)
Spiritual Formation Retreat, Christ in the Desert Monastery, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico (Summer 2006)
Study trips to Israel (2003) and Greece/Turkey (2007)
Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Ministry, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas
Visiting Professor, International Baptist Theological Seminary of Eastern Africa (now Mt. Meru University), Arusha, Tanzania
Pastors’ Conference Leader, Chalinze, Tanzania. (August 2014). Taught 45 pastors in multi-day conference; Conference Leader at Mombassa, Kenya and Chalinze, Tanzania
Married on May 21, 1983.
Divorced May 20, 2016.
Children: Lindsey, Davis, Aaron
Very happily married to Kelly, April 7, 2018!
Licensed to the Ministry by Hyde Park Baptist Church, Austin, Texas, 1981.
Ordained to the Ministry by Hyde Park Baptist Church, Austin, Texas, 1982.
~Isaiah 54:10