REACHING GYPSUM, EAGLE, 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	858 Slaughter Ln	GIS Latitude	39.612170	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-106.956970	
Zip Code	81637	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	Western Colorado	Sitescape Group	Small Towns	
Association	High Country			

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	55,196	5,362	1,935	5,168	
2010 Households	16,077	1,381	510	1,432	
2010 Group Quarters	353	6	0	48	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is affluent, white-collar families. Approximately 1354 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	1,354	98.04%	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	27	1.96%	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	0	0%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Small Town Success segment. Approximately 56 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Small Town Success
(69.25% unreached)	White-collar, college educated, middle-aged working couples living in newly developed subdivisions outside the nation's beltways	56	4.06%	
Urban Commuter Fam.
(67.14% unreached)	Upscale, college educated Baby Boomer families and couples living in comfortable, single detached homes in city neighborhoods on the metropolitan fringe	52	3.77%	
New Suburbia Fam.
(67.50% unreached)	Young, affluent working couples with pre-school children concentrated in fast-growing, metro fringe communities	46	3.33%	

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	12,248	76.18%	1,009	73.08%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	3,239	20.15%	261	18.87%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	1,862	11.58%	95	6.87%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	7,146	44.45%	654	47.35%	

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	240	1%	23	2%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	3,589	22%	349	25%	
# New Churches Needed	8	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	1,137	82%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	1,129	82%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	1,099	80%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	949	69%	
Movies-Attended Movie In Last 6 Months	944	68%	
Listening To Music	903	65%	
HH Uses Computer For Internet/E-mail	889	64%	

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)