REACHING AHOSKIE, HERTFORD, 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	4-14 Kennedy Ct	GIS Latitude	36.283200	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-76.975650	
Zip Code	27910	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	23,285	7,615	6,044	5,809	
2010 Households	8,825	2,767	2,353	2,336	
2010 Group Quarters	2,407	1,203	493	413	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is high density, inner-city neighborhoods. Approximately 1505 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-3 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	1,505	54.39%	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	1,142	41.27%	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	88	3.18%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Af. Amer. Neighborhoods segment. Approximately 188 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
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 	188	6.79%	
Steadfast Conservative
(68.53% unreached)	Home to high-school educated mature singles and couples living in middle-class urban blue-collar neighborhoods  	80	2.89%	
Comfy Country Living
(61.13% unreached)	Older, empty-nesting college-educated couples and retirees reside in quiet small-town communities	8	0.29%	

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	6,250	70.82%	1,951	70.52%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	2,547	28.86%	792	28.62%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	323	3.66%	97	3.51%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	3,596	40.75%	1,136	41.06%	

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	1,696	19%	537	19%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	880	10%	279	10%	
# 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	2,449	89%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	2,095	76%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	1,888	68%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	1,825	66%	
Movies-Attended Movie In Last 6 Months	1,808	65%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	1,801	65%	
Listening To Music	1,797	65%	

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)