Dan Kimball was born and raised in New Jersey, in a suburban town near New York City. He played drums in a rockabilly and punk band during his college years and after graduation the band moved to London, England to pursue music. Dan was not raised going to a church, but while in college he began wondering whether the Bible was a mythical story. He wrestled with whether or not people simply became Christians because of their geographic and cultural context. When the band ended, he moved to Israel for several months and continued studying the Bible which eventually led to him putting his faith in Jesus and becoming a Christian.