Dr. John E. Danish was born and reared in Chicago, Illinois. Following a tour of military duty in World War II as an officer in the United States Marine Corps, he completed his undergraduate work at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, earning the Bachelor of Arts degree, "cum laude."

Dr. Danish pursued graduate studies at Dallas Theological Seminary, majoring in Greek and Systematic Theology and was graduated "with honor," receiving the Master and Doctor of Theology degrees.

Dr. Danish exercised his spiritual gift of teaching from 1951 to 2003 as the Pastor-Teacher of Berean Memorial Church of Irving, Texas. He was also the founder and President of Berean Christian Academy and the Director of the Berean Youth Clubs. He and his wife, Lenora, were the parents of three sons and a daughter.

Dr. Danish's ministry was always based on the principle that the Word of God is living and active (Heb. 4:12), and that his divine calling is to explain that Word to receptive people (Mark 6:11). His objective was always to feed the flock of God's people the spiritual food of Bible doctrine truth (1 Pet. 5:2). He had no desire to be well-known, honored, or followed; he wanted this for the Lord Jesus Christ. There is, after all, only one celebrity in the body of Christ and that is the Lord Jesus (Phil. 2:9).