REACHING CARTHAGE, MOORE, 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	101-119 State Road 1258	GIS Latitude	35.341080	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-79.425910	
Zip Code	28327	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	88,384	3,661	8,948	24,054	
2010 Households	31,357	1,188	3,049	8,605	
2010 Group Quarters	1,546	268	17	403	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is blue-collar, working families. Approximately 399 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-3 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	399	33.61%	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	320	26.96%	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	196	16.51%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Steadfast Conservative segment. Approximately 380 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  	380	31.99%	
Rural Southern Living
(58.60% unreached)	Low income, blue-collar couples and families scattered in sparsely settled mobile home communities across the South	235	19.78%	
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 	196	16.5%	

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	21,094	67.27%	780	65.62%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	5,581	17.8%	209	17.61%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	3,343	10.66%	119	9.98%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	12,228	38.99%	455	38.26%	

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	2,896	9%	115	10%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	7,368	23%	293	25%	
# 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	1,033	87%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	981	83%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	919	77%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	863	73%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	819	69%	
Listening To Music	789	66%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	780	66%	

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)