REACHING DENVER, DENVER, 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	7015 E Girard Ave	GIS Latitude	39.656180	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-104.905920	
Zip Code	80224	Sitescape Category	Cityscape	
State Region	Front Range	Sitescape Group	Small Cities	
Association	Mile High			

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	0-0.5 MILES	0.5-1.5 MILES	1.5-3 MILES	
2010 Population	626,118	4,340	38,030	79,148	
2010 Households	250,120	2,301	17,398	36,578	
2010 Group Quarters	13,335	3	152	873	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is young singles / aspiring-multihousing. Approximately 1171 households within the 0-0.5 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-0.5 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	1,171	50.91%	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	750	32.61%	
Upscale Communities	Affluent, White-collar Families	379	16.48%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Stable Careers segment. Approximately 939 households within the 0-0.5 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Stable Careers
(72.13% unreached)	Young and ethnically diverse singles residing in low- and high-rise apartment buildings and living comfortable lifestyles in big-city metropolitan areas  	939	40.81%	
Mature America
(80.87% unreached)	Home to the Greatest Generation, these senior residents earn modest and fixed incomes and live primarily in city neighborhoods in high-rise apartments, mobile homes and assisted living facilities 	652	28.34%	
Young Cosmopolitans
(78.30% unreached)	Residents are young, single, college educated and earning upper-middle-class incomes as white-collar professionals, managers and executives living in luxury apartments and condos in fast growing cities 	232	10.08%	

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	181,458	72.55%	1,729	75.15%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	42,369	16.94%	326	14.16%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	29,293	11.71%	363	15.78%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	109,839	43.91%	1,040	45.22%	

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	15,068	6%	3,345	6%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	53,595	21%	11,897	21%	
# New Churches Needed	125	28	

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	1,815	79%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	1,773	77%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	1,678	73%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	1,672	73%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	1,595	69%	
Movies-Attended Movie In Last 6 Months	1,557	68%	
Listening To Music	1,556	68%	

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@cbgc.org)