REACHING ROBBINSVILLE, GRAHAM, NC
This location has been identified as one of the top areas in North Carolina 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	352 County Road 1149	GIS Latitude	35.321090	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-83.834050	
Zip Code	28771	Sitescape Category	Countryscape	
State Region	Region 10:  Southwest	Sitescape Group	Distant Settlements	

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	8,044	6,591	6,169	5,351	
2010 Households	3,768	3,058	2,820	2,447	
2010 Group Quarters	126	124	90	5	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is rural, agri. & mining families. Approximately 2137 households within the 0-7 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-7 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	2,137	69.86%	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	413	13.5%	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	327	10.69%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Hinterland Fam. segment. Approximately 750 households within the 0-7 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Hinterland Fam.
(41.08% unreached)	Blue-collar, middle-aged families and couples settled in isolated towns and villages throughout the South 	750	24.53%	
Coal & Crops
(61.02% unreached)	Rural, low-income families and singles living in small, racially mixed hamlets in sparsely populated areas working in mining and farming jobs throughout the Midwest and South	726	23.74%	
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 	423	13.83%	

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	2,191	58.15%	1,786	58.4%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	423	11.23%	342	11.19%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	453	12.02%	354	11.58%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	1,315	34.91%	1,090	35.63%	

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	593	16%	230	15%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	984	26%	382	25%	
# New Churches Needed	0	0	

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	2,707	89%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	2,451	80%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	2,163	71%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	2,150	70%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	2,102	69%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	1,964	64%	
Listening To Music	1,944	64%	

This mission site is located in the Region 10:  Southwest of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.  For more information about this need, contact:  Shirley Sells (ssells@ncbaptist.org)