REACHING SILER CITY, CHATHAM, 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	311 N Chatham Ave	GIS Latitude	35.725200	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-79.465100	
Zip Code	27344	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	Region 4:  Triangle	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	66,463	11,864	7,196	10,485	
2010 Households	24,026	3,754	2,523	3,798	
2010 Group Quarters	782	170	0	180	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is high density, inner-city neighborhoods. Approximately 1445 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	1,445	38.49%	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	1,422	37.88%	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	491	13.08%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Latino Nuevo segment. Approximately 949 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Latino Nuevo
(67.98% unreached)	Primarily young, un-educated, but large-family Hispanic households concentrated in the barrios of border states like Texas and California earning very low incomes as laborers and service workers  	949	25.28%	
Steadfast Conservative
(68.53% unreached)	Home to high-school educated mature singles and couples living in middle-class urban blue-collar neighborhoods  	791	21.07%	
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 	491	13.08%	

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	16,514	68.74%	2,560	68.21%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	4,342	18.07%	700	18.64%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	2,580	10.74%	337	8.96%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	9,611	40%	1,543	41.11%	

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	3,768	16%	599	16%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	3,744	16%	595	16%	
# 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	3,187	85%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	2,839	76%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	2,542	68%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	2,498	67%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	2,457	65%	
Listening To Music	2,393	64%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	2,292	61%	

This mission site is located in the Region 4:  Triangle of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.  For more information about this need, contact:  Shirley Sells (ssells@ncbaptist.org)