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CONTROVERSIAL PHOTO

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--This photo was a major cause in the

recalling by the Southern Baptist Sunday School Board of an entire

press run -- over 160,000 copies -- of an education quarterly before

distribution in order to replace it and the article it illustrated.

Officials of the Board, headquartered in Nashville, considered the

article, "A Ministry of Reconcilation" by Mrs. Twyla Wright of

Arizona, and the photo "potentially inflamatory" and directed a

"revision" of the Jan.-March issue of "Becoming," along with

a corresponding teachers' guide. The quarterly is designed for

use in church training sessions for 14-year-olds and 15-year-olds.

The copyrighted photo was made by Thon Engh of Star Prairie,

Wis., at Hamline College in St. Paul, Minn. Mr. Engh says it

was not posed.

The recalling of the material has drawn criticism from several

Baptist bodies and has stirred controversy within the Southern

Baptist Convention.

Credit Must Read:

RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-NAS-11B-71-DS)