--- title: "Clyde Steckel to Speak on New Book: Finding the Church | A Personal Memoir" description: "Announcing book event: Clyde Steckel to speak on new book: Finding the Church | A Personal Memoir." image: https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/hubfs/Clyde%20Steckel%2c%20Mary%20Ann%20Murray.jpg --- [![The Canvas Logo_Final1.png](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/The%20Canvas%20Logo_Final1.png?width=1779&name=The%20Canvas%20Logo_Final1.png "The Canvas Logo_Final1.png")](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas) - [Theology](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/tag/theology) - [Activism](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/tag/activism) - [Arts](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/tag/arts) - [Formation](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/tag/formation) - [Voice](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/tag/voice) - [Theology of Prince](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/tag/theology-of-prince) ![original-5](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/hubfs/Images/social-suggested-images/original-5.jpg "original-5") ### Subscribe to The Canvas ### Subscribe to The Canvas ## Featured Post   [Rev. 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Steckel **is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and is Emeritus Professor of Theology at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. He received an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He is the author of [*New Ecclesiology and Polity: United Church of Christ*](https://www.uccresources.com/products/new-ecclesiology-and-polity-the-united-church-of-christ-steckel) (The Pilgrim Press, 2009).* **The [Book Event](https://www.unitedseminary.edu/event/announcing-book-event-finding-churcha-personal-memoir/) is Tuesday, January 23, 2018 from 12:00-1:20 p.m. in the Strobel Room at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities.  Feel free to enjoy lunch from the Context Café during the presentation!**   ### [Max Brumberg-Kraus](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/author/max-brumberg-kraus) Max Brumberg-Kraus is a 2020 alum of United, with an MA in Theology and the Arts. Max also works in marketing at United as a Digital Content Specialist. 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