Meet Our Team
Our Pastors
Jamé Bolds
Lead Pastor (Vision & Theology)
Jamé believes church should feel like family first. Sit near him on Sunday and he will find you afterward, he wants your story, not just your name, and he will want to share coffee with you at the Identity Wall.
He leads Victory’s overall strategic vision and is passionate about connecting your faith to everyday life. He even wrote a book about it. When he is not preaching he is traveling nationally as CEO of Pathmakers Foundation, helping ministries build lasting economic sustainability across 19 cities in 12 states.
Jamé thinks about theology and economics at jamebolds.com. He is Tejano, holds graduate degrees in theology and economics, and is completing a Ph.D. at Universiteit van Stellenbosch while serving as a board member and annual lecturer at the Harris Institute at Oxford and Cambridge. Ordained with the Assemblies of God. He takes his theology seriously, rethinks his economics, and himself lightly.
He is a professional coffee buyer. Want some? Text him at (757) 504-0322.
Stuart Ross
Lead Pastor (Church Ministries)
Stu has spent his life caring about people far from God, and you will feel it the moment you meet him. He has been a discipleship pastor, a missionary, and a multisite lead pastor, but people remember him for one thing: he remembers you, your kids, and what you are walking through. That is not a pastoral skill. That is who he is.
He shepherds Victory’s teaching and discipleship, and he would rather sit across the table than lecture from behind one. He helps people see how faith actually changes their marriage, their work, and their inner life.
Stu is ordained with the Assemblies of God, holds an M.Div. from Regent Divinity School and a D.Min. from Assemblies of God Theological Seminary. With Pastor Jamé, he is building Discipleship Dynamics because he believes every person deserves a pastor who is paying attention, and every church deserves a plan for actually making disciples, not just counting them.
He will pray with you, cry with you, and show up when it matters. Need some personal prayer? Text Pastor Stuart at (757) 267-9512.
Our Team
Jennifer Bolds
Executive Pastor (Ministries)
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Jennifer is the person people call when life falls apart, and somehow she always answers. She’s a marriage and family therapist by education and a musician by heart, and she brings both into everything she does, walking families through their hardest seasons and weaving creativity into the way Victory worships. If you’re struggling, she notices, and she’ll sit with you in it rather than rush you past it.
Beyond Victory, she runs a counseling practice, trains engineers and scientists in emotional intelligence across the northeast, and leads the Jennings Leadership Foundation, teaching nonprofit leaders how to lead with real emotional health. She brings all of that wisdom home to how she cares for our church family.
Ordained with the Assemblies of God, with a B.A. in music from Southeastern University and an M.A. in Counseling from Gordon-Conwell.
Heather Ross
VKids Director
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Heather oversees Victory Kids, leading children’s ministry for birth through 5th grade at Victory Church. She is passionate about forming children into devoted followers of Christ and helping families build lasting faith. She has previously served as a missionary to Bulgaria, a Bible and theology instructor, a children’s ministry coordinator, and currently serves as an ESL teacher in Newport News Public Schools.
Heather is licensed with the Assemblies of God and holds an M.A. in Practical Theology/Intercultural Communication from Regent University.
Luke Dollyhite
Next Generation Pastor
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Luke Dollyhite serves as Next Generation Pastor at Victory Church in Yorktown, Virginia, where he oversees ministry to middle school students through young adults. A recent graduate of Lancaster Bible College and licensed with the Assemblies of God, Luke brings a natural evangelistic gifting and a genuine heart for the next generation. His ministry focuses on leadership development and building environments where young people can encounter God and grow into who they are called to be.
Luke carries a significant social media presence that extends his reach well beyond the walls of the church. He and his wife Bethany, who teaches in Poquoson City Schools, are building their life and ministry together in the Historic Triangle of Virginia.
To connect your young people text Pastor Luke at (757) 267-9512.
Paul Popadak
Media Director
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Paul Popadak is a New England–born audio and media engineer entering a new decade of work in churches and worship spaces. With over 40 years of experience, he has contributed to respected venues and organizations, including the Ferguson Center and was the original audio engineer for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, where God saved him from a life of unsatisfied misery. Early in his career, he tuned the horns at the City of Jericho, but the walls came tumbling down and he was fired.
His recent focus includes live music production, audio system installation, and technical design for diverse congregations.
Paul is known for distinct humor, precision, reliability, and creative problem-solving across live and recorded media. He continues to bring passion and purpose to every project, helping the Victory community share their message with clarity.
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