REACHING WASHINGTON, BEAUFORT, 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	221 E 2nd St	GIS Latitude	35.542060	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-77.052020	
Zip Code	27889	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	Region 2:  Central 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	46,695	13,077	15,797	6,401	
2010 Households	19,894	5,711	6,484	2,556	
2010 Group Quarters	543	415	17	0	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is young singles / aspiring-multihousing. Approximately 2153 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	2,153	37.7%	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	2,076	36.35%	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	638	11.17%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Af. Amer. Neighborhoods segment. Approximately 161 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 	161	2.82%	
Urban Blues
(64.35% unreached)	Young Hispanic families, singles, and single parents living in urban areas working in low paying, entry-level blue-collar and service jobs 	155	2.71%	
Professional Urbanites
(72.30% unreached)	An upper-middle-class retirement oasis in the metropolitan sprawl containing very active empty nesting couples and older singles 	146	2.56%	

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	13,323	66.97%	3,972	69.56%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	4,148	20.85%	1,420	24.87%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	1,620	8.14%	340	5.96%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	7,806	39.24%	2,310	40.45%	

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	5,562	28%	1,472	26%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	1,009	5%	267	5%	
# New Churches Needed	0	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	5,007	88%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	4,457	78%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	3,938	69%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	3,932	69%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	3,902	68%	
Listening To Music	3,733	65%	
Movies-Attended Movie In Last 6 Months	3,662	64%	

This mission site is located in the Region 2:  Central Coast of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.  For more information about this need, contact:  Shirley Sells (ssells@ncbaptist.org)