AngelWings Ltd

08/09/2026

Local (NZ) churches and community groups ... How well do you know your local community? Dr Lynne Taylor has been providing community demographic reports to churches and communities for a LONG time, and continues to do so because we know it to be a rich resource that helps churches to engage in mission and ministry that is meaningful for the people who live (and/or work) in their contexts. We want to support churches as they plan the ministries and outreaches that are most appropriate within their local communities and are confident you'll find these demographic reports to be insightful and illuminating!

The service is free for Baptist churches and costs $125+GST for others (but let us know if cost is a barrier). More in the link!

Community demographics based on the 2023 Census data are now available through AngelWings Ltd. These will help you to better understand the people who make up your local community, including their …

07/09/2026

It's always a delight to get positive feedback from those we provide information and data too. One of the things AngelWings Ltd has been doing for (many!) years is reporting on Baptist church statistics: Lynne Taylor provides annual reports for the Baptist Hui and Yearbook, and also supplies longitudinal data back to churches so they can track various measures (attendance, baptisms and more) over time. One local church administrator emailed last week to say: "I had time to review the stats in depth today and just want to say thank you so much for the amazing work you have done with the stats."

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04/09/2026

Splendid news that research by Director Dr Lynne Taylor has just been published in the Journal of Psychology and Religion. The focus was conversion. Lynne built on her doctoral studies with empirical research. She gathered data from 123 people about their understandings of God and their experiences of faith. The research is open access and has significant implications for faith sharing, discipleship and preaching

I’m celebrating the publication of this article out of my University of Birmingham Fellowship… Post-PhD, I was curious about the connection between what people who had recently become Christians appreciated about God and what they wanted to be like themselves. My Birmingham grant gave me the opportunity to explore this further, by bringing together what psychologists call “God representations” and “ideal selves”. We gathered qualitative and quantitative data through two online questionnaires – and concluded that there are indeed matches between what Christians want to be like and what they appreciate about God. The article is freely available and I’ll put the link in the comments – so take a look and let me know what you think!
(Photo by Михаил Секацкий on Unsplash)

02/09/2026

A lovely after work stroll, that at the same time was also a before work stroll.

Today the AngelWings Ltd desk has peer reviewed a piece of writing on blue theology in Asia and drafted a letter of recommendation for a research project on digital spiritual practice in the USA. Also prepared 7 articles on digital activism (in Asia, Africa, Europe and Oceania) for an open-access international journal. This evening there is a three hour lecture for a mission class in Australia.

All told a really international day at the AngelWings desk! One that definitely required a local stroll.

25/08/2026

A productive day here in the AngelWings Ltd offices. In the morning, a job we thought was done got reopened. “Dissemination please” was the word spoken by the funder. A request to make the findings of a research report publicly available. It was a joy to say yes, open a new file and begin writing. “Dissemination” begun and more to come.

Then in the afternoon, working on a “blue theology” intergenerational resource for Roots, an overseas Christian education organisation. The Biblical text is Jonah 1, 2. So naturally the afternoon included finding a speaking whale app. I mean, if all creation sings, then what song was the “big fish” singing as Jonah prayed? A draft done and send to our writing collaborator, Elia Maggang in Indonesia.

15/08/2026

At times we can’t name clients we undertake research with. But we can name the fact that they have just described our AngelWings Ltd work in an email to others as “outstanding.” Thumbs up in a project we enjoyed doing and did well.

31/07/2026

Running a small research (not for loss) organisation requires all sorts of skills. This week included completing proof of identity and anti-money laundering administration!

As a research project wrapped up, research participants needed to be thanked. Prezzy cards offered a virtual option, which made sense given the 99 participants were scattered from Northland to Otago and even across the Tasman.

Prezzy required me to apply for a corporate account to send a virtual thanks. Which then required processes including administration forms like digital proof of identity. Thankfully 48 hours later, AngelWings Ltd was approved and we could get in and get on with sending out thankyou Prezzy cards!

Such are the challenges of running a business today and the joys of wanting to say thanks.

30/07/2026

A new resourcing adventure for us here at Ltd, working with Roots to prepare an intergenerational resource for a World Ocean Day.

Roots is a UK based organisation that provides weekly lectionary resources for denominations in UK and Australia.

Previous AngelWings work researching digital climate justice and developing Advent "Give Climate Hope" resources for CWS has been valuable in scoping this new resourcing project. Plus a side project that has included theological reviews of movies like Finding Nemo, The Shape of Water, Flow and Ocean have got our creative juices flowing.

16/05/2026

Great to have Director Dr Lynne Taylor talking on radio about her research on people coming to faith and the implications for the church.

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