Dear friend and supporter of our mission work,
In this Newsletter, we want to share about the Online Crusade we held in Pakistan, testimonies of Jesus’ healing power in Zambia, and our preparations to take the Gospel to Bangladesh and South Sudan during our upcoming mission trips this autumn.Dear friend and supporter of our mission work
We have had the privilege of walking in the good works God has prepared for us and seeing the Lord save and heal many people through the prayers of you and many other intercessors.
God is continually doing new things and opening amazing doors for the Gospel to reach people who have never heard it—or have had very little opportunity to hear it—in different parts of the world.
One of these countries is Pakistan, with a population of approximately 259 million people. Only about 2% are Christians, while approximately 96% are Muslims.
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Online Crusade in Pakistan
On Wednesday, August 19, I had the great privilege of preaching the powerful Gospel of Jesus Christ online to people in Lahore, Pakistan, for the first time in my life—directly from my own office here in Finland.
According to the organizers, more than 400 people gathered in Pakistan for the event. Some of them had never had any contact with the Gospel or heard the message of Jesus before.
All the local arrangements were excellently organized by Pastor Rustam Hameed, who leads dozens of house churches in Pakistan.
He created the event advertisements, distributed them throughout local communities, gathered the people together, and arranged the internet connection, a Dari-language interpreter, sound and other technical arrangements—all at his own expense.
In other words, this time the Gospel outreach to Pakistan through Salvation To All Nations was carried out completely free of charge.
I began my message by sharing how Jesus changed and saved my life more than 33 years ago. I then preached about Jesus, who can likewise change and save the people of Pakistan today.
After I gave an invitation to receive Christ, 47 people wanted to pray the sinner’s prayer and invite Jesus to become the Lord of their lives. Nine of them had no previous Christian background at all.
I also prayed for the sick in the powerful name of Jesus. Afterwards, 36 people came forward and testified to Pastor Rustam that they had been healed or had experienced another miracle in their lives.
I want to give all the glory and praise to our Lord Jesus Christ, who still saves and heals people today!
Pastor Rustam also distributed food, clothing and Bibles to poor Pakistani people at the event.
I want to express my deepest thanks to him and his team for their vision and passion for reaching the lost people of Pakistan.
The Next Online Crusade in Pakistan
If the Lord allows us to live and continue, we are planning a much larger Online Crusade evangelistic event together for Wednesday, September 16.
The event could reach 1,000–1,500 people in a poor brick-making community in Pakistan.
I personally visited such a community in 2023 together with evangelist Arto Boa. I therefore know something about the extremely difficult conditions in which these brick workers live.
Many of them live in conditions similar to slavery. Generations ago, their families became trapped in enormous debts and lost their property. Today they work every day in extremely hot and miserable conditions for such low wages that they can never earn enough to free themselves from their debts.
Yet Jesus Christ has already paid the price for their freedom through His death on the cross and His blood. Their debt of sin has been paid—but they need to hear this message proclaimed through the Gospel.
Pastor Rustam has already begun preparing for this event in faith. Advertising, sound equipment, lighting, technology and many other things will require significant funds from the local churches, which they do not yet have.
But we believe that God will provide everything that is needed. In any case, they have promised to cover the costs of the event.
We are also praying as the board of Salvation To All Nations about whether it is the Lord’s will for us to make a major mission trip to Pakistan in 2027 together with dozens of churches.
Our desire would be to reach tens of thousands of people with the Gospel through large Crusade events.
Please pray with us for this work and for these prayer requests!
If you would like to help make wider Gospel outreach in Pakistan possible—or give specifically toward the upcoming Online Crusade organized by Pastor Rustam Hameed—and if the Lord leads you in prayer to support this Gospel work in Pakistan, you can make a donation using reference number 2228 for our Pakistan mission work:
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Jesus Healed Legs and a Back in Zambia
The woman pictured below is one of approximately 30 people in Zambia who came onto the stage during our major event on June 26–28, 2026, to testify that Jesus had healed her painful legs.
Only moments earlier, we had prayed together for all those who were sick at the Crusade.
I asked everyone who was sick to place their hands on the affected part of their body in faith, according to Mark 16:17–18:
“These signs will accompany those who believe: In my name… they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”
After this, the Lord’s healing power began to touch many people.
Dozens of people came onto the stage and shared how pain in their heads, chests, backs, hips, legs and, in some cases, their entire bodies had disappeared when Jesus Himself touched them with His healing power.
Another young man testified in a video about being completely healed of his back pain.
All glory belongs to Jesus Christ alone, our Lord and Healer!
Because of these miracles, thousands of people in Zambia also believed in Jesus as their personal Savior, because the Gospel “is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes” (Romans 1:16).
Watch the woman’s and the young man’s healing testimonies by clicking the image below!
As the Bangladesh Mission Trip Approaches, the Lord Has Done a Great Financial Miracle!
I want to thank all our prayer partners and supporters for your prayers and financial support.
Two weeks ago, I shared that we were still €13,000 short of the budget for our upcoming mission trip to Bangladesh.
The Lord has answered your prayers, and we have now seen a financial miracle: all the missing funds have been raised for this major mission trip!
Above all, the greatest thanks belongs to the Lord—and also to all our prayer partners and donors!
Because of this miracle, during our upcoming mission trip from September 29 to October 18, we have the opportunity to reach more than 25,000 precious people in Bangladesh with the Gospel of Jesus’ love—perhaps for the first time in their lives.
After our previous Friend Letter, there was an unexpected change.
Pastor Probir Mondol from western Bangladesh told us that we would not receive permission to hold the planned three-day evangelistic event in Khulna on October 1–3, which was expected to reach 10,000 people each day.
The reason is that the area has been taken over by a violent terrorist organization known as B Complex. According to local authorities, the group kidnaps people at random, especially foreigners, demands ransom, and kills them if the ransom is not paid.
For this reason, the local authorities told us that we could not hold the event there because they could not guarantee our safety.
We took the situation to prayer, and we have now found a new major event location 100–200 km away.
There we can hold a three-day evangelistic event for 6,000 people each day from October 1–3.
Please pray that as many people as possible will come—especially those who need to hear the Gospel in that area for the first time.
Because we have to transport all the supplies and event equipment to the new location, the total cost of the event has remained almost the same, even though the expected number of people we can reach has decreased somewhat.
I therefore ask you to pray for this event and for our safety. Please pray that the Lord will send His protecting angels to that area.
Please also pray that thousands of people will find Jesus as their Savior for the first time, that the sick will be healed, and that those under the power of evil spirits will be set free.
Please Pray for the Bhadulia Village Mission
Please also pray for the mission in Bhadulia village on October 8–10.
Approximately 97% of the population are Hindus and Muslims.
The spiritual opposition is strong, but the Lord has already defeated the powers of darkness at Calvary. Through prayer, we believe God can bring a spiritual breakthrough so that we can reach up to 6,000 people with the Gospel during these three days.
In the photo left, you’ll find the main coordinator of Bhadulia village outreach, Pastor Stephen Biswas coming from the Redeemed Christian Church Of God, in the middle you’ll find a former muslim, community leader organizing now this event and on the right one of the key persons behind the event.
The Goal of the South Sudan Mission Trip: To Proclaim the Gospel to 160,000 People!
Joining me on the South Sudan mission trip will be Pastor Roberto Brandao, Chairman of the Board of Salvation To All Nations and the lead pastor of my home church, Harvest Church in Vantaa, Finland, who is pictured in the center. Also joining us will be Evangelist Toni Iltanen from Varikko Church in Noormarkku. This church regularly supports the work of Salvation To All Nations. Please continue to pray for this mission trip and for us from now on.
At the moment, the greatest need of our mission organization is the huge Crusade evangelistic event we are planning in Nimule, South Sudan, from November 27 to December 7.
More than 520,000 people live in the city, most of whom do not have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
Many are formally members of the Catholic Church, but some are also bound by witchcraft and occult practices.
Pastor Mark Ronnie, who led our mission in Zambia in June, will travel to South Sudan at the beginning of October.
He will gather 100–200 church leaders behind this major mission so that everyone who comes to faith through the Crusade can be connected with local churches afterwards.
For this preparation work, we need to send him €3,500 in a little over a month. The total need of South Sudanese Crusade and the mission trip is 35 000€.
His trip will last approximately 7–10 days, depending on how quickly the churches can become involved, the Crusade location can be secured, and other practical preparations can be started.
Through this major event, we hope to reach up to 160,000 people with the Gospel, together with a four-day Crusade, a prison outreach, hospital ministry and other events.
At present, many evangelists are hesitant to travel to South Sudan because of some continuing unrest in the country and the history of a bloody civil war.
However, the Lord has spoken to us about going there to proclaim the Gospel to these people.
Would you like to help us take the Gospel to the people of South Sudan who are walking in darkness?
You can make a valuable gift toward the South Sudan mission trip using reference number 12344.
We have already begun raising funds in faith for this South Sudan mission trip and crusade, having the total need of 35 000 Euros, because we also need a financial miracle from God.
Please pray for this with us!
How You Can Support the Mission Work?
IBAN: FI21 5780 0720 7567 95
Recipient: Salvation to all Nations ryReference numbers:• 1009 – Greatest need
• 1119 – Bangladesh missions
• 1232 – Ari Talja’s salary
• 2228 – Pakistan mission
• 12344 – South Sudan missionMobilePay: 27142The National Police Board of Finland has granted Salvation To All Nations ry a fundraising permit beginning February 6, 2026.The fundraising permit is valid until further notice.
Permit number: RA/2026/195
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Thank You for Standing With Us!
Thank you so much for your prayers and for your financial support of the mission work!
I wish you and your loved ones a truly blessed end of summer, filled with the presence of the Lord!
Ari Talja
Salvation To All Nations
Founding Evangelist & President