REACHING STANLEY, GASTON, 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	701-799 State Road 1844	GIS Latitude	35.368750	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-81.110680	
Zip Code	28164	Sitescape Category	Suburbscape	
State Region	Region 8:  Catawba	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	212,254	4,772	6,455	52,945	
2010 Households	79,129	1,766	2,314	19,704	
2010 Group Quarters	3,347	2	123	881	

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	60.66%	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	370	20.98%	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	164	9.3%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Steadfast Conservative segment. Approximately 966 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  	966	54.7%	
Family Convenience
(63.76% unreached)	Sprawling families living in remote towns and military bases containing dual-income couples working at skilled blue-collar jobs in manufacturing and construction as well as in the military	313	17.72%	
Rural Southern Living
(58.60% unreached)	Low income, blue-collar couples and families scattered in sparsely settled mobile home communities across the South	144	8.15%	

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	53,464	67.57%	1,179	66.74%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	13,080	16.53%	264	14.92%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	8,571	10.83%	208	11.79%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	31,948	40.37%	707	40.03%	

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	13,678	17%	751	18%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	11,987	15%	659	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	1,547	88%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	1,487	84%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	1,417	80%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	1,305	74%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	1,206	68%	
Listening To Music	1,187	67%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	1,166	66%	

This mission site is located in the Region 8:  Catawba of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.  For more information about this need, contact:  Shirley Sells (ssells@ncbaptist.org)