REACHING OAK CREEK, ROUTT, 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	18645-18725 County Road 16	GIS Latitude	40.265100	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-106.849220	
Zip Code	80467	Sitescape Category	Countryscape	
State Region	Western Colorado	Sitescape Group	Remote Areas	
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	0-7 MILES	7-10 MILES	10-15 MILES	
2010 Population	24,034	2,455	1,391	8,264	
2010 Households	10,899	1,177	661	3,974	
2010 Group Quarters	356	0	0	0	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is affluent, white-collar families. Approximately 743 households within the 0-7 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-7 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Upscale Communities	Affluent, White-collar Families	743	63.07%	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	386	32.77%	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	28	2.38%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Status Conscious Consumers segment. Approximately 448 households within the 0-7 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Status Conscious Consumers
(70.14% unreached)	Middle-aged Baby Boomer households living in suburban neighborhoods within a manageable commute to well-paying city jobs	448	38.06%	
Steadfast Conservative
(68.53% unreached)	Home to high-school educated mature singles and couples living in middle-class urban blue-collar neighborhoods  	386	32.8%	
Small Town Success
(69.25% unreached)	White-collar, college educated, middle-aged working couples living in newly developed subdivisions outside the nation's beltways	247	20.99%	

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	7,687	70.53%	821	69.75%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	1,623	14.9%	190	16.16%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	1,494	13.71%	146	12.43%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	4,570	41.93%	485	41.17%	

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	503	5%	17	5%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	2,708	25%	92	24%	
# New Churches Needed	5	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	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	1,028	87%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	1,001	85%	
Fast Food/Drive-In Restaurant-Visit Any	996	85%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	901	77%	
Listening To Music	861	73%	
HH Uses Computer For Internet/E-mail	852	72%	
Important To Respect Customs And Beliefs	844	72%	

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)