REACHING BREVARD, TRANSYLVANIA, 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	Red Bud Spring	GIS Latitude	35.173760	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-82.705730	
Zip Code	28712	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	Region 9:  Mountains	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	30,326	3,461	18,440	7,853	
2010 Households	13,099	1,626	7,949	3,180	
2010 Group Quarters	1,086	3	960	123	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is established, diverse households. Approximately 763 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-3 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	763	46.98%	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	417	25.68%	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	319	19.64%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Professional Urbanites segment. Approximately 679 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Professional Urbanites
(72.30% unreached)	An upper-middle-class retirement oasis in the metropolitan sprawl containing very active empty nesting couples and older singles 	679	41.76%	
Steadfast Conservative
(68.53% unreached)	Home to high-school educated mature singles and couples living in middle-class urban blue-collar neighborhoods  	234	14.39%	
Hardy Rural Fam.
(60.86% unreached)	Predominantly middle-class, older Americans living rustic lifestyles in older single-family houses and mobile homes located in tiny towns and isolated villages 	198	12.18%	

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	8,447	64.49%	1,104	67.88%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	1,856	14.17%	260	16.01%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	1,560	11.91%	217	13.38%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	5,034	38.43%	626	38.5%	

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	2,187	17%	245	15%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	2,464	19%	276	17%	
# 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	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	1,328	82%	
Fast Food/Drive-In Restaurant-Visit Any	1,309	80%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	1,230	76%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	1,202	74%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	1,185	73%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	1,091	67%	
Vitamin/Mineral Tabs/Caps/Liquid (Non-Prescription)-Use	1,061	65%	

This mission site is located in the Region 9:  Mountains of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.  For more information about this need, contact:  Shirley Sells (ssells@ncbaptist.org)