REACHING LA GRANGE, LENOIR, 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	622-698 S Charles St	GIS Latitude	35.299220	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-77.796290	
Zip Code	28551	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	Region 2:  Central 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	56,252	5,384	12,076	29,720	
2010 Households	24,967	2,360	4,952	12,071	
2010 Group Quarters	1,546	118	84	431	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is young singles / aspiring-multihousing. Approximately 1261 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-3 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	1,261	53.41%	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	729	30.88%	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	180	7.62%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Struggling city Centers segment. Approximately 502 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Struggling city Centers
(67.80% unreached)	Young, single and single-parent minority renters living in very low-income city neighborhoods throughout the South  	502	21.27%	
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 	114	4.83%	
New Generation Activists
(67.34% unreached)	Less educated, young, low income minority singles and single-parent families concentrated in the nation's inner cities 	113	4.79%	

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	16,812	67.34%	1,666	70.59%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	5,389	21.58%	597	25.31%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	1,827	7.32%	155	6.57%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	9,828	39.36%	942	39.91%	

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	4,602	18%	392	17%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	3,553	14%	303	13%	
# 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	2,088	88%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	1,859	79%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	1,640	69%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	1,619	69%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	1,599	68%	
Listening To Music	1,549	66%	
Movies-Attended Movie In Last 6 Months	1,533	65%	

This mission site is located in the Region 2:  Central Coast of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.  For more information about this need, contact:  Shirley Sells (ssells@ncbaptist.org)