Pastor S. R. Behm was born on February 19, 1963 in Wyomissing, PA.  He graduated from Wyomissing High School in June of 1981 and joined the U.S. Air Force in October of the same year. 

Pastor Behm was saved and became a Christian while stationed at Dover Air Force Base February 5, 1982.  From 1983-1988 Pastor Behm attended Kent Christian College in Dover, DE.  He received his local license with the United Pentecostal Church International in 1987.  He served as the Youth Pastor in Chestertown, MD from 1987-1991, which during that time he received his general license in 1990. 

He served in Operation “Desert Storm” 1991-1992.  After retiring from the Air Force, he served as the Assistant Pastor in Salisbury, MD from 1992-1994. 

Feeling the call and burden to Reading, he started Lighthouse Christian Center in August 1994.  He received his Ordination in 1998 and is still currently serving as the Senior Pastor at Lighthouse Christian center, with a congregation of approximately 300.