The Story of the Philadelphia Eleven Lift Every Voice and Sing

Lift Every Voice and Sing

and vital congregational life

The result is a sympathetic but not uncritical profile of a leader with unmatched talents for enhancing dialogue between Christianity and secular culture

Bass looks at Christian identity

He reveals a church that values intellect

The Story of the Philadelphia Eleven Lift Every Voice and SingOn the 40th anniversary of the irregular ordination of the group of women who became known as the "Philadelphia Eleven," Darlene ODell introduces readers 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.