REACHING TAYLORSVILLE, ALEXANDER, 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	206-630 4th Ave SW	GIS Latitude	35.915760	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-81.175850	
Zip Code	28681	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	Region 7:  Northwest	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	36,972	9,016	14,481	20,552	
2010 Households	13,137	3,029	5,233	7,350	
2010 Group Quarters	1,150	1,096	0	54	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is blue-collar, working families. Approximately 1236 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	1,236	40.79%	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	923	30.46%	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	469	15.48%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Steadfast Conservative segment. Approximately 792 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  	792	26.15%	
Rural Southern Living
(58.60% unreached)	Low income, blue-collar couples and families scattered in sparsely settled mobile home communities across the South	495	16.34%	
Hinterland Fam.
(41.08% unreached)	Blue-collar, middle-aged families and couples settled in isolated towns and villages throughout the South 	328	10.83%	

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	7,917	60.27%	1,922	63.45%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	1,519	11.56%	443	14.62%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	1,336	10.17%	306	10.11%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	5,065	38.56%	1,174	38.75%	

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	3,436	26%	729	24%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	1,783	14%	378	12%	
# 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	2,656	88%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	2,514	83%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	2,336	77%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	2,202	73%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	2,062	68%	
Listening To Music	2,015	67%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	1,963	65%	

This mission site is located in the Region 7:  Northwest of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.  For more information about this need, contact:  Shirley Sells (ssells@ncbaptist.org)