REACHING AKRON, WASHINGTON, 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	County Road Bb	GIS Latitude	40.183660	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-103.222140	
Zip Code	80720	Sitescape Category	Countryscape	
State Region	Eastern Plains	Sitescape Group	Distant Settlements	
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	4,334	1,943	162	762	
2010 Households	2,011	884	78	368	
2010 Group Quarters	222	222	0	0	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is blue-collar, working families. Approximately 317 households within the 0-7 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-7 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	317	35.9%	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	267	30.24%	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	176	19.93%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Rugged Southern Style segment. Approximately 267 households within the 0-7 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Rugged Southern Style
(58.43% unreached)	Rural working-class households of older married couples and retirees residing in aging houses and mobile homes located in the most isolated communities in the Southwest and Western states 	267	30.2%	
Steadfast Conservative
(68.53% unreached)	Home to high-school educated mature singles and couples living in middle-class urban blue-collar neighborhoods  	256	28.96%	
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 	93	10.52%	

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	1,214	60.38%	559	63.27%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	197	9.8%	108	12.23%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	105	5.25%	99	11.18%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	912	45.35%	352	39.86%	

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	300	15%	107	14%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	497	25%	178	23%	
# New Churches Needed	1	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	767	87%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	724	82%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	653	74%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	638	72%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	622	70%	
Listening To Music	572	65%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	571	65%	

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)