Equipping Leaders. Encouraging Families.

How are we serving God's children?

While Craig and Jean faithfully serve in their home church, the Lord has enlarged their borders, sending them around the world to train pastors and church leaders.

Learn about the varying ministries they are a part of below. Select a title from the list below to get there quicker.

Pioneer Evangelism

Pioneer Evangelism is a strategy in evangelism, discipleship, and church planting. Teaching this transferable concept to village pastors equips them to enlarge their membership or plant new house churches.

PIONEER—This is the term we use to refer to the person or persons who open up new works and plants new churches.

EVANGELISM—This term means “to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ”. The gospel is explained in I Corinthians 15: 3 says, “that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures…This is the good news of the gospel. To proclaim this good news to the lost people of the world is evangelism.

Browse Pioneer Missions' website for training materials and more

Africa, Southeast Asia, Central America, South America

Marriage Conferences

Recently the Stockdales have added conferences teaching Biblical principles for a Christ-centered marriage—a message desperately needed in every culture.

"Marriages are under attack in every culture. Christian marriages are not immune from such attacks. We have not come to present American principles on marriage. Frankly, American’s marriages aren’t doing that well either. We have come to share Biblical principles on marriage."

Peru, Argentina, Kenya, Uganda

"During the training, the teaching on the godly husband from Ephesians 5:25-33, shared powerfully by Craig, really opened my eyes. I had never fully realized what it meant to love sacrificially like Christ. That message broke me and gave me a renewed sense of responsibility and purpose. Since then, I have started leading our family in prayer again and have become more intentional in how I treat my wife. I believe this training has the power to heal many marriages like mine. I plan to share these truths in the men’s fellowship at my church and encourage others to attend future sessions. The sessions were deeply biblical and applicable."

Kenya 2025 Marriage Conference Testimony - Fred Kiplimo (Husband)

Crusades Ministry

Craig has been involved for the last 4 years with an evangelistic crusade ministry, preaching daily primarily in Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya, and Uganda. A local evangelistic team travels into remote, often unreached villages with the Jesus film and the equipment to show the film. Local villagers are invited to attend and at a strategic point in the film the showing is paused and an American evangelist provides a brief Bible message and a clear presentation of the Gospel.

Multitudes are responding weekly to the good news of Jesus.

Learn more about the Jesus Film Project and how this ministry is making the Gospel accessible in over 2,000 languages

Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda

"I listened and watched Jesus Film after some hour of watching, the preacher preached the word of God giving biblical example of a man called Zacchaeus and how he received Jesus and changed. We the preach completed preaching He called on those who Jesus in their life. I came forward after conviction in my heart my way of life require Jesus as saviour. I realized that my relationship with my God is not right, so for me to rebuild the my relationship with God need salvation through the blood of Jesus Christ. That’s how I gave my life to Jesus. I thank God for saving me through His Son Jesus Christ

Crusade Presentation Testimony - Mambo S.

Outreach Farm

The Lord has provided resources for the purchase of a 7-acre farm in eastern Uganda. Currently, livestock including pigs, cows, chickens, turkeys, and goats are being raised to help families in desperate poverty.

For children especially, eating animal-sourced foods and a variety of nutritious sustenance is one of the most direct ways to avoid the permanent consequences of an insufficient diet and stop hunger from affecting learning and future outcomes.

Livestock products can be used in many different ways. Chicken eggs can be collected and sold. Milk from cows and goats can be turned into yogurt and cheese. And, of course, animals can be used for their meat. With the right training and access to markets, all of these products can be sold, providing money for health care and sending kids to school.

Eastern Uganda

Goat Ministry

These goats facilitate our Goat Ministry. The gift of a goat meets immediate physical needs and breaks the cycle of poverty to the third and fourth generation, while opening the door to sharing the gospel. As of Janary 2026, over 2,000 people have come to faith through the goat ministry and 168 house churches have been planted.

Several years ago the Stockdales began raising money to provide goats to impoverished widows and single moms. Beginning first in northern Uganda, and currently working alongside Ojiambo Patrick in eastern Uganda, they have been able to gift a goat to 1,000+ needy families. A team from Patrick’s church typically will present the goats to individuals and provide animal husbandry training. They will then begin evangelistic Bible studies in homes for the recipients and their neighbors.

Through that ministry, over 3,500 people (as of February 2026) have surrendered to Christ and been baptized. Several hundred house churches have been established as well. Families have grown herds of goats, bartered goats for cows, and have been able to pay school tuitions and completed home construction from the simple gift of a goat.

Uganda

"One day, God used a man from the Pioneer team to come and tell me that they wanted to give me a free goat offer. This sounded funny,I talked to my husband, and he accepted. We were poor and owned nothing like a goat. It took a few weeks ago, a Good News Group started at our family. Me and my family answered and asked questions from the booklet. No longer had we gone through the 3rd session than me, and my children accepted Christ as our personal Savior."

Goat Recipient Testimony