[Recorded live at Exponential] Every church planter will face a personal, financial or leadership crisis, and it's likely they will face two or all three of them. Church planting leaders Lee Stephenson and Danny Parmelee discuss the ins and outs of facing crises and obstacles as a church planter. Lee and Danny are transparent about their own challenges and how the challenges affected them as leaders and in their personal and family lives.

1:33 - Lee shares about three types of crises that church planters face during a church plant: financial, personal and leadership

2:05 - Danny shares his story about a particular crisis that almost bankrupted his family

7:24 - Lee discusses the challenges to his faith that took place two years into his church plant

7:56 - Lee tells his story of personal, financial and leadership crisis

9:01 - Lee discusses the difficulties with physical crisis as a pastor

10:00 - Lee shares about the time with God that reset his path of ministry

10:50 - Lee talks about the major crisis that transformed his ministry, marriage and life

14:18 - Lee addresses learning how to suffer well

16:10 - Danny and Lee dialogue about what it was like preaching from a wheelchair

18:45 - Danny shares his experience in learning through empathy and suffering

21:00 - Lee encourages us to be transparent as a leader

22:50 - Q&A: "Do you guys ever miss planting or pastoring now that you are in a leadership role with Converge?"

25:10 - Q&A: "Can you give an example of what you saw in your church from suffering and being transparent?"

28:05 - Q&A: "How do you balance the boundaries of pain in ministry with your spouse?"

31:23 - Lee finishes the podcast with his emotional challenge of dealing with grief