REACHING ORIENTAL, PAMLICO, 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	1278 Teaches Cove Rd	GIS Latitude	35.031900	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-76.711460	
Zip Code	28571	Sitescape Category	Countryscape	
State Region	Region 2:  Central Coast	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	12,421	4,274	6,566	22,590	
2010 Households	5,761	2,186	2,725	7,831	
2010 Group Quarters	630	12	563	3,402	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is established, diverse households. Approximately 925 households within the 0-7 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-7 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	925	42.28%	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	442	20.2%	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	396	18.1%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Professional Urbanites segment. Approximately 828 households within the 0-7 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Professional Urbanites
(72.30% unreached)	An upper-middle-class retirement oasis in the metropolitan sprawl containing very active empty nesting couples and older singles 	828	37.88%	
Minority Metro Communities
(74.06% unreached)	Concentrated in inner-ring suburbs, these married couples and single-parent minorities earn above-average incomes from a mix of service industry and white-collar jobs in transportation, health care, education and public administration 	396	18.12%	
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 	240	10.98%	

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	3,877	67.29%	1,506	68.92%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	1,056	18.33%	409	18.71%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	638	11.08%	262	11.99%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	2,213	38.41%	837	38.3%	

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	768	13%	114	11%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	1,116	19%	165	17%	
# 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	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	1,831	84%	
Fast Food/Drive-In Restaurant-Visit Any	1,813	83%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	1,668	76%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	1,594	73%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	1,569	72%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	1,466	67%	
Movies-Attended Movie In Last 6 Months	1,420	65%	

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)