REACHING GRAND JUNCTION, MESA, 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	2148 Vista Cascada	GIS Latitude	39.062890	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-108.651500	
Zip Code	81507	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	Western Colorado	Sitescape Group	Medium Towns	
Association	Grand 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	0-3 MILES	3-7 MILES	7-10 MILES	
2010 Population	149,995	13,166	54,306	47,436	
2010 Households	57,023	5,022	21,741	17,660	
2010 Group Quarters	3,277	28	2,210	478	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is affluent, white-collar families. Approximately 3932 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-3 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Upscale Communities	Affluent, White-collar Families	3,932	78.26%	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	822	16.36%	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	118	2.35%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Professional Urbanites segment. Approximately 667 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Professional Urbanites
(72.30% unreached)	An upper-middle-class retirement oasis in the metropolitan sprawl containing very active empty nesting couples and older singles 	667	13.28%	
Small Town Success
(69.25% unreached)	White-collar, college educated, middle-aged working couples living in newly developed subdivisions outside the nation's beltways	624	12.43%	
Dream Weavers
(71.55% unreached)	Well-off families with school age children, living an affluent, suburban version of the American Dream 	242	4.82%	

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	38,457	67.44%	3,448	68.66%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	8,249	14.47%	814	16.21%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	6,662	11.68%	571	11.36%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	23,545	41.29%	2,063	41.08%	

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	5,238	9%	445	9%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	13,328	23%	1,131	23%	
# New Churches Needed	29	3	

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	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	4,368	87%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	4,217	84%	
Fast Food/Drive-In Restaurant-Visit Any	4,212	84%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	3,826	76%	
HH Uses Computer For Internet/E-mail	3,622	72%	
Movies-Attended Movie In Last 6 Months	3,531	70%	
Listening To Music	3,520	70%	

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)