[1] He graduated from the Loomis School, where, as a senior, he was converted to Christianity in 1967 through FOCUS under the ministry of future Episcopalian bishop John W.
He served there until being called as rector of the Church of the Redeemer in Jacksonville, then a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Florida.
Lebhar also served on the boards of Church's Ministry Among Jewish People and Shoresh, and as vice chairman of the 2000 Jacksonville Billy Graham Crusade.
[4] In 2007, objecting to the consecration of Gene Robinson and the theological views of TEC, Lebhar and several other clergy and parishes left the Diocese of Florida and sought canonical affiliation with the Church of Uganda.
[5] Lebhar was elected the first bishop of the newly formed Gulf Atlantic Diocese on August 29, 2009.