REACHING MONROE, UNION, 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	1000 S Hayne St	GIS Latitude	34.971090	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-80.548960	
Zip Code	28112	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	Region 6:  Central Piedmont	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	205,727	24,170	41,915	55,000	
2010 Households	67,525	7,686	13,928	18,248	
2010 Group Quarters	2,756	1,169	1,351	57	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is blue-collar, working families. Approximately 1949 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	1,949	25.36%	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	1,863	24.24%	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	1,616	21.03%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Urban Commuter Fam. segment. Approximately 871 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Urban Commuter Fam.
(67.14% unreached)	Upscale, college educated Baby Boomer families and couples living in comfortable, single detached homes in city neighborhoods on the metropolitan fringe	871	11.33%	
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 	662	8.61%	
Struggling city Centers
(67.80% unreached)	Young, single and single-parent minority renters living in very low-income city neighborhoods throughout the South  	568	7.39%	

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	45,502	67.39%	5,295	68.89%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	10,116	14.98%	1,497	19.48%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	8,178	12.11%	649	8.44%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	27,243	40.34%	3,182	41.4%	

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	11,047	16%	1,199	16%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	10,977	16%	1,192	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	6,568	85%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	6,079	79%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	5,526	72%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	5,354	70%	
Listening To Music	5,127	67%	
Movies-Attended Movie In Last 6 Months	5,042	66%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	5,009	65%	

This mission site is located in the Region 6:  Central Piedmont of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.  For more information about this need, contact:  Shirley Sells (ssells@ncbaptist.org)