REACHING LUMBERTON, ROBESON, 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	504 W 20th St	GIS Latitude	34.631580	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-79.014710	
Zip Code	28358	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	Region 3:  Southeast Coast	Sitescape Group	Medium 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	130,446	21,439	24,540	15,339	
2010 Households	43,167	7,852	7,666	5,039	
2010 Group Quarters	4,170	891	1,608	169	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is high density, inner-city neighborhoods. Approximately 2786 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	2,786	35.49%	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	1,859	23.68%	
Upscale Communities	Affluent, White-collar Families	1,084	13.81%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Steadfast Conservative segment. Approximately 911 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Steadfast Conservative
(68.53% unreached)	Home to high-school educated mature singles and couples living in middle-class urban blue-collar neighborhoods  	911	11.6%	
Grass-Roots Living
(69.62% unreached)	Less educated, racially diverse mix of middle-aged couples, families and singles living in lower-middle-class rural villages and aging industrial towns throughout the Midwest and South 	746	9.5%	
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 	594	7.56%	

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	26,709	61.87%	5,325	67.82%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	6,689	15.5%	1,563	19.91%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	2,875	6.66%	631	8.04%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	17,661	40.91%	3,224	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	8,771	20%	1,346	17%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	7,687	18%	1,180	15%	
# 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	6,734	86%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	6,079	77%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	5,537	71%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	5,320	68%	
Listening To Music	5,251	67%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	5,208	66%	
Movies-Attended Movie In Last 6 Months	5,183	66%	

This mission site is located in the Region 3:  Southeast Coast of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.  For more information about this need, contact:  Shirley Sells (ssells@ncbaptist.org)