REACHING KEENESBURG, WELD, 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	33600-33892 County Road 12	GIS Latitude	40.073110	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-104.419730	
Zip Code	80643	Sitescape Category	Countryscape	
State Region	Front Range	Sitescape Group	Distant Settlements	
Association	Longs Peak			

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	261,011	2,171	828	6,601	
2010 Households	89,850	761	278	2,145	
2010 Group Quarters	5,038	8	0	0	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is rural, agri. & mining families. Approximately 464 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	464	61.21%	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	210	27.7%	
Upscale Communities	Affluent, White-collar Families	42	5.54%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the America's Farmland segment. Approximately 428 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 	428	56.24%	
Family Convenience
(63.76% unreached)	Sprawling families living in remote towns and military bases containing dual-income couples working at skilled blue-collar jobs in manufacturing and construction as well as in the military	138	18.13%	
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	72	9.46%	

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	61,020	67.91%	459	60.34%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	12,746	14.19%	66	8.7%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	10,524	11.71%	47	6.19%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	37,753	42.02%	346	45.46%	

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	8,134	9%	17	12%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	20,696	23%	43	31%	
# New Churches Needed	45	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	667	88%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	655	86%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	580	76%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	568	75%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	502	66%	
Listening To Music	501	66%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	497	65%	

This mission site is located in the Front Range of the Colorado Baptist General Convention.  For more information about this need, contact the regional Church Planting Strategist:  Jim Misloski (jmisloski@coloradobaptists.org)