The Story of the Philadelphia Eleven On the 40th anniversary of the irregular ordination of the group of women who became known as the "Philadelphia Eleven," Darlene O€Dell introduces us to the women involved, the paths that brought them together on that that momentous day - and what has changed (or not changed) in the life of the church over the intervening years. This is the first book to document the story in first-person interviews. It includes a Foreword by Carter Heyward.