REACHING STATESVILLE, IREDELL, 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	512 West End Ave	GIS Latitude	35.784110	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-80.895900	
Zip Code	28677	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	Region 8:  Catawba	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	161,507	28,363	34,464	19,414	
2010 Households	63,063	11,603	13,319	7,448	
2010 Group Quarters	1,727	836	352	18	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is blue-collar, working families. Approximately 3794 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	3,794	32.7%	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	3,282	28.29%	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	2,285	19.69%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Urban Commuter Fam. segment. Approximately 713 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	713	6.14%	
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 	559	4.82%	
Stable Careers
(72.13% unreached)	Young and ethnically diverse singles residing in low- and high-rise apartment buildings and living comfortable lifestyles in big-city metropolitan areas  	280	2.41%	

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	41,903	66.45%	7,950	68.52%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	10,312	16.35%	2,533	21.83%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	6,663	10.56%	846	7.29%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	25,111	39.82%	4,722	40.7%	

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	9,287	15%	1,603	14%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	11,873	19%	2,050	18%	
# 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	10,105	87%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	9,189	79%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	8,253	71%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	8,057	69%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	7,872	68%	
Listening To Music	7,678	66%	
Movies-Attended Movie In Last 6 Months	7,441	64%	

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)