REACHING THOMASVILLE, DAVIDSON, 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	11 Elm St	GIS Latitude	35.915170	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-80.074610	
Zip Code	27360	Sitescape Category	Suburbscape	
State Region	Region 5:  Piedmont Triad	Sitescape Group	Medium Suburbs	

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	0-1.5 MILES	1.5-3 MILES	3-7 MILES	
2010 Population	159,850	6,270	19,303	93,895	
2010 Households	63,755	2,511	7,704	37,462	
2010 Group Quarters	2,081	40	356	2,579	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is blue-collar, working families. Approximately 1070 households within the 0-1.5 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-1.5 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	1,070	42.63%	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	847	33.75%	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	202	8.05%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Steadfast Conservative segment. Approximately 936 households within the 0-1.5 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  	936	37.28%	
Prime Middle America
(65.13% unreached)	A mix of young, upper-middle-class couples and families living in both small towns and mid-sized cities working in well paying white-collar and blue-collar jobs	511	20.35%	
Struggling city Centers
(67.80% unreached)	Young, single and single-parent minority renters living in very low-income city neighborhoods throughout the South  	159	6.33%	

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	41,465	65.04%	1,665	66.33%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	9,593	15.05%	403	16.03%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	6,608	10.36%	275	10.94%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	25,466	39.94%	997	39.7%	

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	6,289	10%	929	9%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	16,001	25%	2,362	23%	
# 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	2,191	87%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	2,106	84%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	1,977	79%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	1,817	72%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	1,710	68%	
Listening To Music	1,682	67%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	1,644	65%	

This mission site is located in the Region 5:  Piedmont Triad of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.  For more information about this need, contact:  Shirley Sells (ssells@ncbaptist.org)