REACHING SPRINGFIELD, BACA, CO
This location has been identified as one of the top areas in Colorado 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	700-798 College St	GIS Latitude	37.406580	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-102.621610	
Zip Code	81073	Sitescape Category	Countryscape	
State Region	Eastern Plains	Sitescape Group	Distant Settlements	
Association	Arkansas Valley			

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	3,666	1,625	108	333	
2010 Households	1,922	895	56	170	
2010 Group Quarters	85	60	0	0	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is high density, inner-city neighborhoods. Approximately 425 households within the 0-7 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-7 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	425	47.54%	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	165	18.46%	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	133	14.88%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Rugged Southern Style segment. Approximately 409 households within the 0-7 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
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 	409	45.7%	
Steadfast Conservative
(68.53% unreached)	Home to high-school educated mature singles and couples living in middle-class urban blue-collar neighborhoods  	91	10.17%	
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 	89	9.94%	

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	1,152	59.91%	559	62.51%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	166	8.61%	93	10.38%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	160	8.34%	111	12.45%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	826	42.99%	356	39.73%	

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	290	15%	121	14%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	481	25%	200	23%	
# New Churches Needed	1	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	767	86%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	726	81%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	657	73%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	654	73%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	644	72%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	583	65%	
Listening To Music	575	64%	

This mission site is located in the Eastern Plains of the Colorado Baptist General Convention.  For more information about this need, contact the regional Church Planting Strategist:  Jim Misloski (jmisloski@cbgc.org)