REACHING SAINT IGNACE, MACKINAC, MI
This location has been identified as one of the top areas in Michigan in need of new churches.  This report has been written to assist you in gaining an understanding of where God has gathered concentrations of people in need of Him in order that your church can focus your efforts and resources where He is at work and the need is greatest.  May this report assist your church in hearing God’s invitation to join Him where He is calling.

During the night a vision appeared to Paul: a Macedonian man was standing and pleading with him, "Cross over to Macedonia and help us!"  After he had seen the vision, we immediately made efforts to set out for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to evangelize them.  Acts 10:9-10

LOCATION SUMMARY
The table below identifies the center of the smallest ring in the map above.  The location data provides various types of identification to better describe the location.  The GIS data can be used to map the location in Google maps or Google Earth.

Central Street Address	53-99 E Truckey St	GIS Latitude	45.866470	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-84.725980	
Zip Code	49781	Sitescape Category	Countryscape	
State Region	Region One	Sitescape Group	Distant Settlements	
Association	Upper Peninsula			

POPULATION & HOUSEHOLD BAND COMPOSITION
Below are listed the total number of people and the total number of households corresponding to each of the 3 bands indicated on the map.

CATEGORY	COUNTY	0-7 MILES	7-10 MILES	10-15 MILES	
2010 Population	10,436	4,707	664	2,085	
2010 Households	5,406	2,380	319	982	
2010 Group Quarters	197	138	2	0	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is blue-collar, working families. Approximately 1202 households within the 0-7 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-7 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	1,202	50.48%	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	787	33.05%	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	176	7.39%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Hardy Rural Fam. segment. Approximately 542 households within the 0-7 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Hardy Rural Fam.
(60.86% unreached)	Predominantly middle-class, older Americans living rustic lifestyles in older single-family houses and mobile homes located in tiny towns and isolated villages 	542	22.77%	
Industrious Country Living
(67.97% unreached)	High school educated, upper-middle-class hard-working couples and families found in industrial remote towns and villages across the country 	174	7.31%	
Lower Income Essentials
(67.56% unreached)	Lower-income empty-nesting couples and aging seniors, living in out of the way towns in aging houses and mobile homes 	110	4.62%	

EVANGELSCAPE: SPIRITUAL INDICATORS
The numbers in this segment communicate the most compelling reasons why this community needs churches and believers to intercede in missional prayer and activity.  This community needs eternal transformation that only comes by way of the gospel and the working of the Holy Spirit.

SPIRITUALITY INDICATOR	COUNTY HHLDS	COUNTY %	BAND HHLDS	BAND %	
Unreached	3,455	63.91%	1,560	65.54%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	700	12.95%	327	13.74%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	858	15.86%	338	14.21%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	1,898	35.1%	895	37.59%	

CHURCHSCAPE: SPIRITUAL INDICATORS
The indicators below reveal a snapshot of the extent of evangelical presence in the focus community.  The last item in this section reveals how many churches are needed in order to have a minimum of one church for every 2000 hhlds (4000 –5000 people).

SPIRITUALITY INDICATOR	COUNTY	COUNTY %	3 MI RING	RING %	
Active Evangelical HHlds	245	5%	55	4%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	1,707	32%	386	29%	
# New Churches Needed	3	1	

MISSIONSCAPE: CULTURAL BRIDGES
Cultural bridges are those characteristics that could be used to build relationships with people in the lifestyle group. Various activities, interests, or opinions represented among the consumer behavior characteristics of the lifestyle group offer ways for believers to build relationships with people in the lifestyle group and through that relationship impact them for Christ.

CULTURAL BRIDGE	#HHlds	%HHlds	
Fast Food/Drive-In Restaurant-Visit Any	2,052	86%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	1,951	82%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	1,769	74%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	1,694	71%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	1,604	67%	
Listening To Music	1,539	65%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	1,539	65%	

This mission site is located in the Region One of the Baptist State Convention of Michigan.  For more information about this need, contact the regional Church Planting Strategist:  convention office (info@bscm.org)