“The peace agreements between the government and Colombia’s largest rebel group are just talk,” “Milena” told me emphatically.

I know theology. They know God.

A Christian woman, “Milena,” and her family live in an area of Colombia controlled by The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas.

“Flor” still misses her father every day.

What is it like to minister on the front lines in Colombia, areas where FARC guerrillas attack churches and threaten pastors? Here's a look inside Colombia, which also gives insights into how VOM stands with these brave gospel workers.

One of the ways The Voice of the Martyrs ministers to pastors in hostile and restricted nations is providing opportunities for fellowship, encouragement and training at Pastors Conferences. Our staff filed this video report of a recent pastors conference held for pastors working in the "Red Zones" of Colombia.

Pastors in the "red zone" areas of Colombia--areas controlled by FARC guerillas--are targets. The FARC resents the gospel message which makes it harder to recruit the population to support the guerilla movement. Pastors in such areas face danger and threats. This week on VOM Radio we'll discuss how The Voice of the Martyrs provides such pastors with training and encouragement and how these encounters bless them, as well as the VOM workers involved.

“The humble man has learned the secret of abiding gladness. The weaker he feels, the lower he sinks, the greater his humiliations appears, the more power and the presence of Christ are his portion, until, as he says, "I am nothing," the word of his Lord brings even deeper joy...it is indeed blessed, the deep happiness of heaven, to be so free from self that whatever is said of us or done to us is lost and swallowed up in the thought that Jesus is all.” (Humility: The Beauty of Holiness by Andrew Murray, p. 86, 89).

What’s it like to live under heavy-handed communist rule as a Christian? Colombian Christians in the Putumayo region of Colombia know. That’s because they, and all people in the region, are subject to a list of 46 written points published by the FARC, the armed revolutionaries who control some parts of Colombia. It’s called the “Manual for Coexistence for the Well-Functioning of the Communities.”