REACHING BUTNER, GRANVILLE, 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	701-799 26th St	GIS Latitude	36.149090	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-78.752670	
Zip Code	27509	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	Region 4:  Triangle	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	58,330	12,609	13,425	25,758	
2010 Households	20,617	2,622	5,386	9,414	
2010 Group Quarters	7,126	6,326	128	262	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is young singles / aspiring-multihousing. Approximately 682 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	682	26.02%	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	598	22.82%	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	539	20.56%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Steadfast Conservative segment. Approximately 594 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  	594	22.65%	
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 	528	20.14%	
Rural Southern Living
(58.60% unreached)	Low income, blue-collar couples and families scattered in sparsely settled mobile home communities across the South	414	15.79%	

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	14,057	68.18%	1,787	68.15%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	4,233	20.53%	552	21.04%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	1,880	9.12%	229	8.74%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	8,026	38.93%	1,007	38.4%	

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	3,085	15%	392	15%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	3,475	17%	442	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	
Fast Food/Drive-In Restaurant-Visit Any	2,255	86%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	2,040	78%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	1,891	72%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	1,882	72%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	1,783	68%	
Listening To Music	1,697	65%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	1,641	63%	

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)