REACHING MANTEO, DARE, 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	109-113 Scarboroug St	GIS Latitude	35.905140	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-75.680730	
Zip Code	27954	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	Region 1:  Northeast Coast	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	34,435	5,831	7,474	8,182	
2010 Households	16,113	2,605	3,385	3,903	
2010 Group Quarters	303	75	162	13	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is rural, agri. & mining families. Approximately 929 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-3 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	929	35.66%	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	799	30.67%	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	297	11.4%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Rural Southern Living segment. Approximately 446 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Rural Southern Living
(58.60% unreached)	Low income, blue-collar couples and families scattered in sparsely settled mobile home communities across the South	446	17.12%	
Comfy Country Living
(61.13% unreached)	Older, empty-nesting college-educated couples and retirees reside in quiet small-town communities	421	16.16%	
Urban Advancement
(67.36% unreached)	Empty-nesting couples and retirees living in middle-class homes and condominium developments in dense retirement communities along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts  	258	9.9%	

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	10,887	67.57%	1,697	65.16%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	2,456	15.24%	387	14.87%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	1,940	12.04%	310	11.91%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	6,491	40.28%	1,000	38.39%	

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	1,147	7%	199	8%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	4,079	25%	708	27%	
# 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	2,198	84%	
Fast Food/Drive-In Restaurant-Visit Any	2,185	84%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	2,012	77%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	1,979	76%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	1,792	69%	
Listening To Music	1,783	68%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	1,756	67%	

This mission site is located in the Region 1:  Northeast Coast of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.  For more information about this need, contact:  Shirley Sells (ssells@ncbaptist.org)