REACHING EDENTON, CHOWAN, 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	211 E Church St	GIS Latitude	36.060610	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-76.606120	
Zip Code	27932	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	Region 1:  Northeast Coast	Sitescape Group	Small Towns	

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	0-3 MILES	3-7 MILES	7-10 MILES	
2010 Population	14,807	6,431	3,942	3,908	
2010 Households	6,163	2,646	1,636	1,706	
2010 Group Quarters	329	325	1	0	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is young singles / aspiring-multihousing. Approximately 1457 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-3 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	1,457	55.09%	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	826	31.23%	
Upscale Communities	Affluent, White-collar Families	168	6.35%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Struggling city Centers segment. Approximately 728 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Struggling city Centers
(67.80% unreached)	Young, single and single-parent minority renters living in very low-income city neighborhoods throughout the South  	728	27.51%	
Af. Amer. Neighborhoods
(69.94% unreached)	Young, working-class minority city dwellers and single-parent families with low educational levels living in older homes and low-rise apartments 	81	3.06%	
Steadfast Conservative
(68.53% unreached)	Home to high-school educated mature singles and couples living in middle-class urban blue-collar neighborhoods  	69	2.61%	

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	4,290	69.6%	1,898	71.72%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	1,467	23.81%	729	27.55%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	458	7.44%	148	5.61%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	2,408	39.07%	1,061	40.1%	

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	1,468	24%	586	22%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	405	7%	162	6%	
# 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	2,329	88%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	2,093	79%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	1,860	70%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	1,848	70%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	1,819	69%	
Movies-Attended Movie In Last 6 Months	1,753	66%	
Listening To Music	1,739	66%	

This mission site is located in the Region 1:  Northeast Coast of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.  For more information about this need, contact:  Shirley Sells (ssells@ncbaptist.org)