REACHING CARLIN, ELKO, NV
This location has been identified as one of the top areas in Nevada 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	1015 Chestnut St	GIS Latitude	40.718490	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-116.105470	
Zip Code	89822	Sitescape Category	Countryscape	
State Region	Northeast 	Sitescape Group	Distant Settlements	
Association	Northeast Baptist Association			

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	0-7 MILES	7-10 MILES	10-15 MILES	
2010 Population	48,348	2,350	28	49	
2010 Households	17,570	853	11	19	
2010 Group Quarters	794	148	0	0	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is rural, agri. & mining families. Approximately 853 households within the 0-7 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-7 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	853	100%	
Upscale Communities	Affluent, White-collar Families	0	0%	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	0	0%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Coal & Crops segment. Approximately 845 households within the 0-7 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Coal & Crops
(61.02% unreached)	Rural, low-income families and singles living in small, racially mixed hamlets in sparsely populated areas working in mining and farming jobs throughout the Midwest and South	845	99.06%	
America's Farmland
(57.09% unreached)	Remote farming communities scattered across the nation earning middle-class incomes living in older, single-family homes on large plots of land 	8	0.94%	
2nd City Homebodies
(70.94% unreached)	Financially conservative, dual working, middle-aged couples and families living in small, satellite cities along the East and West coasts	0	0%	

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	11,354	64.62%	520	60.98%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	2,264	12.88%	134	15.75%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	2,014	11.46%	85	9.93%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	7,077	40.28%	301	35.32%	

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	585	3%	31	4%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	5,632	32%	298	35%	
# New Churches Needed	9	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	793	93%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	618	72%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	618	72%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	599	70%	
McDonald's	555	65%	
Listening To Music	537	63%	
HH Uses Computer For Internet/E-mail	499	59%	

This mission site is located in the Northeast  of the Nevada Baptist Covention.  For more information about this need, contact the regional Church Planting Strategist:  Ryan Jones (rjones@nbcsbc.org)