​​In the language of Nimi Wariboko, economic theology  “Aspires to show how theological categories are useful toward understanding economics and interpreting economies. I also work to clarify how economic concepts and reasoning can be employed to enrich theological-ethical constructions.”  (Wariboko, N. Economics in Spirit and Truth: A Moral Philosophy of Finance. Basingstoke: Springer, 2014. 88.)

The Routledge Handbook of Economic Theology, edited by Stefan Schwarzkopf, economic theology is defined as: "The study of the forms of interaction between theological imaginaries on the one hand, and economic thought and economic-managerial practices on the other, both past and present." 

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​Speaker Bio & Photos

Jamé Bolds believes the local church is one of the most underestimated economic institutions in any community and has spent 20 years building things that prove it. He is a development economist and economic theologian, which means he thinks about faith and finance together. He also knows that combination sounds unusual, which is part of the point.

He is the founder and CEO of Pathmakers Foundation and Lead Pastor (Vision & Theology) of Victory Church in Yorktown, Virginia, where he developed the Churchenomics model,  a framework for building financially self-sustaining churches and ministries now deployed across 17 cities in 12 states.

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. in Theology and Development at Universiteit van Stellenbosch and serves as a board member and annual lecturer at the Harris Institute, University of Oxford, and has lectured at the University of Cambridge.

He is Tejano, married to his college girlfriend for 30 years, and drives a scratched F-150. He takes his theology seriously, constantly rethinks his economics, and himself lightly.

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