REACHING RED SPRINGS, ROBESON, 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	235-289 Rosaola Dr	GIS Latitude	34.777860	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-79.234640	
Zip Code	28377	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	Region 3:  Southeast 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	130,446	3,422	21,096	23,908	
2010 Households	43,167	1,062	6,510	7,768	
2010 Group Quarters	4,170	58	1,075	173	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is rural, agri. & mining families. Approximately 675 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	675	63.5%	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	365	34.34%	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	20	1.88%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Native America segment. Approximately 675 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Native America
(48.62% unreached)	Young low-income, blue-collar families living in small towns and isolated communities in the Western states 	675	63.56%	
Struggling city Centers
(67.80% unreached)	Young, single and single-parent minority renters living in very low-income city neighborhoods throughout the South  	333	31.36%	
Rugged Southern Style
(58.43% unreached)	Rural working-class households of older married couples and retirees residing in aging houses and mobile homes located in the most isolated communities in the Southwest and Western states 	28	2.64%	

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	26,709	61.87%	590	55.55%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	6,689	15.5%	105	9.88%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	2,875	6.66%	53	4.98%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	17,661	40.91%	451	42.45%	

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	8,771	20%	252	24%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	7,687	18%	221	21%	
# New Churches Needed	0	1	

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	938	88%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	778	73%	
Listening To Music	710	67%	
Movies-Attended Movie In Last 6 Months	678	64%	
Watching Diet (Health/Weight)-Presently Controlling Diet	663	62%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	658	62%	
I Am An Optimist	643	61%	

This mission site is located in the Region 3:  Southeast Coast of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.  For more information about this need, contact:  Shirley Sells (ssells@ncbaptist.org)