I separated from the Southern Baptists when they adopted the discriminatory attitude towards women, because I believe what Paul taught in Galatians that there is no distinction in God's eyes between men and women, slaves and masters, Jews and non-Jews - everybody is created equally in the eyes of God.

I’m not in favor of the government mandating a prayer in school because our country was founded on the fact that no particular religious faith would have ascendance over or preferential treatment over any other.

Spirit is like the wind, in that we can't see it but can see its effects, which are profound.

There's no doubt that usually a president's public image is enhanced by going to war. That never did appeal to me.

The Bible and studying the Bible has been an important part of my life.

I believe strongly that in the eyes of God women and men should be the same and they should be given the same authority in the church, women should as men.

The major violence now is because of a plethora, explosion almost, of rebel groups, all of whom oppose the government, and they're fighting each other, strangely precipitated by the fact that the United Nations and African Union has now planned peace talks.