REACHING BURLINGTON, KIT CARSON, 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	337 15th St	GIS Latitude	39.304040	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-102.269530	
Zip Code	80807	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	Eastern Plains	Sitescape Group	Small Towns	
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	0-3 MILES	3-7 MILES	7-10 MILES	
2010 Population	8,668	4,997	353	415	
2010 Households	3,040	1,466	141	166	
2010 Group Quarters	1,761	1,671	0	0	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is blue-collar, working families. Approximately 851 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-3 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	851	58.05%	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	298	20.33%	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	144	9.82%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Working Rural Suburbia segment. Approximately 431 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Working Rural Suburbia
(60.31% unreached)	Middle-class empty-nesting couples, middle-aged families and single seniors living in older, industrial towns skilled in blue-collar construction and manufacturing jobs 	431	29.4%	
Steadfast Conservative
(68.53% unreached)	Home to high-school educated mature singles and couples living in middle-class urban blue-collar neighborhoods  	389	26.53%	
Urban Diversity
(72.03% unreached)	Young and mobile multi-ethnic singles and single-parent families living in inter-city neighborhoods in a mix of rowhouses and high-rise apartment buildings  	164	11.19%	

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	1,873	61.6%	941	64.16%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	322	10.58%	180	12.28%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	218	7.17%	170	11.58%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	1,333	43.85%	591	40.29%	

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	549	18%	247	17%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	618	20%	278	19%	
# New Churches Needed	2	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	1,273	87%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	1,199	82%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	1,108	76%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	983	67%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	977	67%	
Listening To Music	971	66%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	868	59%	

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)