REACHING COLLBRAN, 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	147-171 NW County Road 59.5	GIS Latitude	39.229560	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-107.945310	
Zip Code	81624	Sitescape Category	Countryscape	
State Region	Western Colorado	Sitescape Group	Remote Areas	
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	0-7 MILES	7-10 MILES	10-15 MILES	
2010 Population	149,995	1,716	211	3,265	
2010 Households	57,023	572	85	1,197	
2010 Group Quarters	3,277	173	6	25	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is rural, agri. & mining families. Approximately 346 households within the 0-7 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-7 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	346	60.38%	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	160	27.92%	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	42	7.33%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the America's Farmland segment. Approximately 196 households within the 0-7 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
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 	196	34.27%	
Industrious Country Living
(67.97% unreached)	High school educated, upper-middle-class hard-working couples and families found in industrial remote towns and villages across the country 	101	17.66%	
Family Convenience
(63.76% unreached)	Sprawling families living in remote towns and military bases containing dual-income couples working at skilled blue-collar jobs in manufacturing and construction as well as in the military	95	16.61%	

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%	361	63.08%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	8,249	14.47%	55	9.63%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	6,662	11.68%	59	10.29%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	23,545	41.29%	247	43.17%	

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%	40	11%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	13,328	23%	101	27%	
# New Churches Needed	29	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	505	88%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	493	86%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	435	76%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	431	75%	
Listening To Music	381	67%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	381	67%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	380	67%	

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)