REACHING LILLINGTON, HARNETT, 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	55 Bailey Dr	GIS Latitude	35.370960	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-78.811330	
Zip Code	27546	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	119,337	6,013	16,607	28,841	
2010 Households	41,640	1,882	5,500	10,578	
2010 Group Quarters	3,686	1,166	1,686	184	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is young singles / aspiring-multihousing. Approximately 732 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	732	38.89%	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	719	38.2%	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	286	15.2%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Minority Metro Communities segment. Approximately 710 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
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 	710	37.73%	
Struggling city Centers
(67.80% unreached)	Young, single and single-parent minority renters living in very low-income city neighborhoods throughout the South  	330	17.53%	
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 	248	13.18%	

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	27,398	65.8%	1,303	69.26%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	7,286	17.5%	457	24.28%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	4,116	9.89%	129	6.85%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	16,109	38.69%	736	39.11%	

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	5,358	13%	218	12%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	8,884	21%	361	19%	
# 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	1,619	86%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	1,450	77%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	1,280	68%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	1,280	68%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	1,268	67%	
Listening To Music	1,247	66%	
Movies-Attended Movie In Last 6 Months	1,189	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)