REACHING CENTER, SAGUACHE, 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	301-399 W 3rd St	GIS Latitude	37.753520	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-106.115560	
Zip Code	81125	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	Western Colorado	Sitescape Group	Small Towns	
Association	Continental Divide			

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	7,214	3,123	870	1,053	
2010 Households	2,860	1,030	363	413	
2010 Group Quarters	36	28	0	0	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is established, diverse households. Approximately 391 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-3 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	391	38%	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	326	31.68%	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	152	14.77%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Urban Blues segment. Approximately 367 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Urban Blues
(64.35% unreached)	Young Hispanic families, singles, and single parents living in urban areas working in low paying, entry-level blue-collar and service jobs 	367	35.63%	
Latino Nuevo
(67.98% unreached)	Primarily young, un-educated, but large-family Hispanic households concentrated in the barrios of border states like Texas and California earning very low incomes as laborers and service workers  	326	31.65%	
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 	144	13.98%	

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	1,847	64.59%	671	65.14%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	415	14.51%	138	13.41%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	185	6.47%	57	5.5%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	1,247	43.61%	476	46.24%	

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	159	6%	56	5%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	854	30%	302	29%	
# New Churches Needed	1	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	864	84%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	754	73%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	672	65%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	670	65%	
Listening To Music	631	61%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	623	60%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	606	59%	

This mission site is located in the Western Colorado of the Colorado Baptist General Convention.  For more information about this need, contact the regional Church Planting Strategist:  Steve Hoekstra (alpinerm@qwestoffice.net)