Newsletter March No. 1, 2026 “One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.” Acts 18:9-10
Dear Friend Of Jesus’ Great Commission,
Thank you for standing beside us with your valuable prayers during our mission trip to Bangladesh. Some of you have also supported financially this outreach, which we appreciate tremendously. Each of you has made it possible for us to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ up to 17,000 people, and 1850 of them gave their lives to Jesus. They come mainly from Hindu and Muslim backgrounds.
As I was writing this newsletter, I was still in Bangladesh (on the 8th of March). After the United States attacked Iran, it launched extensive retaliatory measures with missile and drone attacks on the Middle East, through which my return flight was supposed to come to Finland. So I returned from Bangladesh 4 days later than expected on Tuesday the 10th of March after rebooking my flights Your intercession has carried us miraculously through challenging circumstances on the ground.
”One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.” Acts 18:9-10. God spoke to me about the same thing when I came to preach the gospel for the second time in Bangladesh. Here Christians are also persecuted and abused.
On this mission trip, I have encountered persecuted Christians who have been beaten and intimidated to leave their own village, as the majority of the population of their village are Muslims and Hindus. When they have not departed despite persecution, the Lord has given them special courage and authority amongst the people in their village to preach the gospel despite opposition. The interpreter of my previous mission trip in October, Pastor Stephen, and his elderly mother were beaten up in their own village after they had been with me preaching the gospel to Muslims and Hindus. When I met both of them, they were full of courage and the power of God, and I saw no trace of fear in them, because they had been deemed worthy to suffer persecution for Christ’s sake! According to 1. Peter 4:14, “If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.”
As I arrived in the very same village, suddenly the community leader of that village, an elderly man from Muslim background approached me. He had secretly become a true devoted believer. As I invited to his and pastor Stephen’s village, he invited me to come to preach the gospel in the future at a multi-day event, where we could reach around 1000 people every night with the gospel. In addition, I received another invitation from a media missionary living in the Western Division of Bangladesh, who has extensive networks amongst Christians and capability to organize large crusades of 10,000 to 15,000 people per evening in a large rented field. Please pray that the perfect will of God will take place in every invitation we received.
Now is the time for a spiritual awakening in Bangladesh, because the people have a strong thirst for the living God. God’s Word is for you and me today: “Do not be afraid, for the Lord is always with you, as you go about His cause and proclaim the gospel of His kingdom for salvation to the nations for His glory!”
In this newsletter, we will focus on God’s actions at the Bollovpur Crusade event in Western Bangladesh between the 2nd to 4th o March. We will return to other works of God during the mission trip in our later newsletters.
4000 wanted to hear the gospel on the first night of the Ballavepur Crusade on the March 2nd.
Once again, the Lord heard all the intercession and after difficulties and delays, the first Crusade event in Ballavepur could not start until about 7:15 p.m. instead of the original time of 6 p.m.
An estimated 4,000 people had come, mainly of Hindu background, but also some Christians.
I preached the gospel of faith about the miracles in the Gospel of John and what they reveal to us about the Lordship and Divinity of Jesus in different areas of life. When I asked those who want to give their lives to Jesus at the altar at the end of the speech, more than 500 people responded to the call. They came to the altar with great enthusiasm to receive Jesus as their Savior. Numerous church representatives stayed behind to take down the contact information of the believers after the sinner’s prayer.
We also prayed for the Lord’s healing touch on the all kinds of sicknesses and diseases. Many people raised their hands, as we asked who felt healing power of God and that the pain is gone from the body. Seven people came onto the stage to testify about their Divine healing from pains caused by years of headaches, shoulders, legs, knees and stomach gas. The miraculous Jesus moved again in the midst of us, and all the glory goes to Him alone!
The fire of God descended on the 2nd night of the Crusade of Bollovpur, saving, healing, and delivering people
All glory for tonight’s events goes alone to our Lord Jesus Christ, who saves, heals and delivers from evil spirits. My dear spiritual son, pastor Stuart, the leading pastor of the 600-member Seguku Worship center church in Kampala, Uganda, preached the healing power of the gospel and God to about 5000-6000 people in a powerful anointing of the Holy Spirit. On the second day of the Crusade, the crowd had increased from the day before. People were really thirsty and hungry for God.
When Pastor Stuart called people to Jesus, about 400 people raised their hands to the Lord, about 300 of whom came in front of the stage to surrender their lives to Christ. After the sinner’s prayer, God’s fire fell powerfully on the altar and touched many of them.
The front of the stage was packed with hundreds of people seeking healing, and the prayer service continued from the stage together with Pastor Stuart, me and two other pastors for more than an hour. Pastor Stuart was filled with God’s fire. He prayed for one of the girls who was under evil spirits, in her early twenties, and cast the evil spirits out. Finally, after her release, the girl confessed with her mouth in Bengali “Tsissu Probhu”, which means Jesus is Lord.
In the photo, a street vendor from Bollovpuri, who has just prayed a sinner’s prayer, rejoices in salvation.
On the way from the meeting place to our accommodation place, we stopped to buy some ice cream. Soon a conversation opened with the owner of the neighboring shop, to whom I was able to share the gospel of Jesus’ saving power. He wanted to accept Jesus as his personal Savior and Lord and soon more than a dozen Bangladeshi men gathered around me to pray the prayer of a sinner. They took Jesus into their lives and we invited them all to join us for the last night of the Crusade on the next day.
Bollovpur’s Crusade Final Night: “Miracles and Signs Follow Those Who Believe”!
The last night of the evangelizing Crusade of Ballavepur was on Wednesday the 3rd of March. I preached the gospel on this final evening to about 5000-6000 people who had a huge thirst for God. After the call to salvation was given, the front of the stage was packed with thirsty Bangladeshis as 500 people came to give their lives to Jesus. The Spirit of the Lord filled them powerfully after the sinner’s prayer, giving them the strength to testify of Jesus to their loved ones.
After salvation, we prayed for so many sick people. In the mighty name of Jesus, I cast out evil spirits from a partially paralyzed man. Earlier in today’s conference, he declined to be prayed for. During the final night, he gave permission to cast out evil spirits in the mighty name of Jesus, and after his deliverance, he acknowledged Jesus as his Lord (Tsishu Probhu in Bengali).
Then I said to him, “In the name of Jesus, get up and take leap of faith.” So this man with our support walked about fifty meters and the Lord was already beginning to heal him on every step. However, he returned back to his wheelchair, but his walking improved step by step. Let us continue to pray that he will receive full health in the name of Jesus.
In addition, many people were touched by God’s healing power, and many of them wept or fell to the ground by the power of the Lord. Pastor Stuart prayed for a woman who testified that during the prayer, three tumors left away her stomach. He came to the stage to testify that they had miraculously disappeared from the body during prayer.
It was surprising that on the last night there were at least two fairly small children, both of whom had an evil spirit. Spirit manifested themselves as soon as I proclaimed the mighty name of Jesus that they could not stand. Evil spirits made these children cry restlessly when I cast spirits out of them. They had apparently been exposed to witchcraft because of their parents’ previous wrong choices. Let’s pray that these children will be completely freed because the situation did not allow for a longer prayer battle for them. One of the children had a mute spirit, which means that he had not spoken before, even though he was about 5-6 years old.
We prayed for probably 100 sick people in total, privately and in general for several hundred. The Lord is mighty to heal them all. All glory to Jesus alone, who is the same yesterday, today and forever and a big thank you to each of you.
Mission Trip To Zambia
Major Crusade in Zambia Between the 24th to 28th of June
During the four-day massive crusade, together with 200 local churches, we will preach the gospel to 20,000 to 25,000 people in Zambia per night. In total, we will reach with the gospel of the light of Jesus up to 100,000 Zambians, who live in great spiritual darkness and witchcraft. This is the largest evangelistic crusade of Salvation To All Nations to date, so we desperately you’re your intercessions for the success of this huge challenge.
The total cost of Zambian Crusade is €25,000, which includes, among other things, the rental costs of the stage, sound equipment (for tens of thousands of people) and lights, as well as a backup power system and a month-long promotion campaign to get all these people on site. In addition, it includes gathering 200 Zambian pastors for a daily pastoral conference to teach God’s Word, including their meals during 3 days. All this is necessary in order to gather hundreds of volunteers from their churches for the follow-up and discipling those who have come to Christ.
So far, we’ve raised a total of €13,000 to prepare for this gigantic event. However, we are still 12,000€ short.
Could you help us take the gospel to a people living in spiritual darkness? Every euro helps us to reach our goal. Together, we can accomplish much more, as the fire of God ignites our hearts to take the gospel to the nations of the world. In order to reach 100,000 Zambians, we need the intercession of all of you.
Preparations for this large-scale evangelistic crusade has already started on a monthly basis in March. In faith, I have already paid the first advance payment of just over 5000 € (20% of the total budget) with your donations to the greatest need so that the preparations for Zambia could be started in time. Since God has given us a vision of this extensive evangelistic crusade, He will surely also influence in donors the will and action so that we can get all the necessary funds together in time.
You can give your precious gift by useing the Zambian Missions Reference 1007. We want to get at least 200 church leaders and pastors to commit to the aftermath of the major event in June, which is why our coordinator will travel to Zambia on March 12 to prepare for this giant mission and to commit church leaders to this joint missionary effort. Thank you for carrying Zambia with prayers and support before the Lord!
We give all the glory to Jesus Christ for all He has done , and all the miracles described above!
Join us with intercession and your valuable support so that the gospel will reach all these precious people for the first time with the love of Jesus!
Above all, we thank God and the Finnish National Police Board, which has granted an indefinite fundraising permit to Salvation To All Nations ry as of 6.2.2026. The permit number is RA/2026/195.
Thank you very much for your intercession and vital support! Give your gift to either the Zambian missions (ref. 1007) or our greatest need (1009) by clicking here and filling out the form.
You can give your gift from the accounts of all banks or through different cards and MobilePay.
If God encourages you, you can also create a monthly recurring payment in your online bank and become a monthly donor of our mission here.
In the future, it will enable Ari Talja to be hired full-time missionary.
At the moment, the number of regular monthly donations has risen up to 1400€ per month. However, for Ari Talja’s hiring decision, the board needs regular monthly donations of 3000€ to be able to make a responsible decision. The board of Salvation To All Nations will announce the matter when the required amount of monthly donations has been collected. Our goal would be to make a decision on this matter before the beginning of June at the board meeting.
Thank you very much for your intercession and your gift to missionary work!
May the Lord bless you in every area of your life as you bless His Missions first,
Ari Talja
Salvation To All Nations
Evangelist and Chairman of the Board