Pastor Dale was born in Mankato, Minnesota in 1976. He was baptized into the Christian faith by his Father, the Rev. Rodger Dale at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church in Mankato.

He attended public and parocial schools throughout his childhood, and was confirmed by his Father at Heritage Lutheran Church in Apple Valley, MN.  He graduated from Barron Collier High School in Naples, Florida in 1995.

In 1997, he received an Associate of Arts Degree from Bethany Lutheran College, Makato, Minnesota. He received a Bacelor of Science Degree in 2001 from Minnesota State University at Mankato and the Master of Divinity degree from Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary in Makato in January 2004.

Pastor Dale was ordained into Christ's Holy Office of the Ministry on January 18, 2004. Since that date he has served the congregation of Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Hawley, Minnesota and Calvary Lutheran Church in Ulen, Minnesota. WIth his wife Sarah, son Alexander, and daughter Grace, he resides in Ulen at the Calvary parsonage.