REACHING MATHESON, ELBERT, 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	15400-15420 County Road 141	GIS Latitude	39.081450	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-104.014910	
Zip Code	80830	Sitescape Category	Countryscape	
State Region	Eastern Plains	Sitescape Group	Remote Areas	
Association	Great Commission Partnership			

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	23,589	1,157	571	1,172	
2010 Households	8,198	421	213	454	
2010 Group Quarters	53	39	38	5	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is rural, agri. & mining families. Approximately 325 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	325	77.38%	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	56	13.33%	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	30	7.14%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the America's Farmland segment. Approximately 308 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 	308	73.16%	
Steadfast Conservative
(68.53% unreached)	Home to high-school educated mature singles and couples living in middle-class urban blue-collar neighborhoods  	30	7.13%	
Prime Middle America
(65.13% unreached)	A mix of young, upper-middle-class couples and families living in both small towns and mid-sized cities working in well paying white-collar and blue-collar jobs	29	6.89%	

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	5,503	67.13%	249	59.13%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	1,125	13.72%	36	8.6%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	928	11.32%	15	3.61%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	3,451	42.09%	198	46.93%	

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	169	2%	1	2%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	2,526	31%	11	37%	
# New Churches Needed	4	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	368	87%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	362	86%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	311	74%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	308	73%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	273	65%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	270	64%	
Listening To Music	268	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)