REACHING FAIRMONT, 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	600 Phillips St	GIS Latitude	34.504360	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-79.123180	
Zip Code	28340	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	5,877	10,500	17,520	
2010 Households	43,167	2,087	3,352	5,744	
2010 Group Quarters	4,170	152	543	1,073	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is high density, inner-city neighborhoods. Approximately 1186 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-3 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	1,186	56.8%	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	639	30.6%	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	168	8.05%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Minority Metro Communities segment. Approximately 639 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Minority Metro Communities
(74.06% unreached)	Concentrated in inner-ring suburbs, these married couples and single-parent minorities earn above-average incomes from a mix of service industry and white-collar jobs in transportation, health care, education and public administration 	639	30.62%	
Native America
(48.62% unreached)	Young low-income, blue-collar families living in small towns and isolated communities in the Western states 	168	8.05%	
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 	118	5.65%	

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%	1,423	68.2%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	6,689	15.5%	544	26.09%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	2,875	6.66%	66	3.15%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	17,661	40.91%	873	41.83%	

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%	354	17%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	7,687	18%	310	15%	
# 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	1,852	89%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	1,556	75%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	1,384	66%	
Listening To Music	1,355	65%	
Movies-Attended Movie In Last 6 Months	1,353	65%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	1,328	64%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	1,321	63%	

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)