REACHING SPARTA, ALLEGHANY, 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	587-667 Napco Rd	GIS Latitude	36.517770	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-81.108920	
Zip Code	28675	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	10,965	3,697	3,930	6,527	
2010 Households	5,323	1,818	1,896	3,225	
2010 Group Quarters	216	174	17	31	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is blue-collar, working families. Approximately 667 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	667	36.63%	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	587	32.24%	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	386	21.2%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Steadfast Conservative segment. Approximately 636 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  	636	34.98%	
Professional Urbanites
(72.30% unreached)	An upper-middle-class retirement oasis in the metropolitan sprawl containing very active empty nesting couples and older singles 	230	12.65%	
Amer. Great Outdoors
(64.14% unreached)	Older rural couples and retirees scattered in remote communities around the country living on low wage and Social Security in modest homes, small apartment buildings and mobile homes 	209	11.5%	

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	3,355	63.03%	1,191	65.51%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	686	12.89%	251	13.82%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	668	12.55%	225	12.39%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	2,001	37.59%	714	39.3%	

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	802	15%	257	14%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	1,166	22%	373	21%	
# 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	1,532	84%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	1,507	83%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	1,370	75%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	1,336	73%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	1,274	70%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	1,187	65%	
Listening To Music	1,171	64%	

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)