The Original Pathmakers
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Jamé Bolds, CEO
Jamé Bolds, Ph.D. (C) is a development economist and economic theologian who uses the financial and academic rigor of venture capital to build self-sustaining economic engines for churches and social ministries. He is the founder and CEO of Pathmakers Foundation, a boutique venture philanthropic foundation deployed across 17 cities in 12 states.
As Lead Pastor of Victory Church in Yorktown, Virginia, Jamé built the original proof of concept, a five-year, $4.5 million revitalization producing a multi-entity LLC structure, a growing endowment, and a real estate equity partnership. That model is now the Churchenomics framework deployed nationally through Pathmakers.
Jamé holds an M.A. and M.A.R. from Gordon-Conwell and an M.P.A.P. from Rutgers Bloustein School, with graduate studies at Harvard. He is completing a Ph.D. at Universiteit van Stellenbosch, supervised by Professor Nadine Bowers Du Toit. He is a board member and annual lecturer at the Harris Institute, University of Oxford, and has lectured at the University of Cambridge.
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Crystal Agnew, COO
Crystal Agnew brings more than 20 years of experience in nonprofit operations, program management, and strategic planning with a focus on community development and youth initiatives.
As Deputy Director of Trinity Church's Peacemakers Family Center, Crystal transformed the organization from a single federal program with a $550,000 budget and three staff members into a multi-program enterprise generating $4.8 million annually with 45 staff across Miami and New York City. She has secured and managed more than $90 million in federal, state, and local grants across her career.
Crystal serves as Treasurer for Academy 365 and has contributed to the Jessie Trice Health Center Foundation and North Dade Youth and Family Coalition. She holds an MBA from the Huizenga College of Business, Nova Southeastern University.
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Charlie Self, CIO
Dr. Charlie Self is a theologian, author, and public intellectual with more than 40 years of experience across the church, academia, and mission-driven organizations.
Charlie currently serves as Visiting Professor at Assemblies of God Theological Seminary. He previously served as a senior leader at Made to Flourish, equipping pastors and churches to integrate faith, work, and economic wisdom for community flourishing. His work spans pastoral ministry, workplace theology, and the intersection of faith and economic life — making him a natural fit for the intellectual architecture of the Churchenomics model.
He is the author of three books including Flourishing Churches and Communities, and co-author with Johan Mostert and Jamé Bolds of Life in 5D: A Vision for Discipleship. His articles have appeared in numerous academic and ministry journals. Charlie holds an M.A. from Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

