REACHING ARVADA, JEFFERSON, 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	7729 Depew St	GIS Latitude	39.836780	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-105.057160	
Zip Code	80003	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	541,182	5,030	33,452	96,988	
2010 Households	219,195	1,951	12,141	36,312	
2010 Group Quarters	7,724	94	286	571	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is affluent, white-collar families. Approximately 821 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	
Upscale Communities	Affluent, White-collar Families	821	42.04%	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	420	21.51%	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	385	19.71%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Stable Careers segment. Approximately 420 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  	420	21.53%	
Small Town Success
(69.25% unreached)	White-collar, college educated, middle-aged working couples living in newly developed subdivisions outside the nation's beltways	368	18.86%	
Steadfast Conservative
(68.53% unreached)	Home to high-school educated mature singles and couples living in middle-class urban blue-collar neighborhoods  	316	16.2%	

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	154,237	70.37%	1,354	69.4%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	34,846	15.9%	297	15.23%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	25,782	11.76%	232	11.89%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	93,636	42.72%	825	42.29%	

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	16,291	7%	3,841	8%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	48,667	22%	11,475	23%	
# New Churches Needed	110	25	

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	1,645	84%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	1,582	81%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	1,532	79%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	1,417	73%	
Listening To Music	1,359	70%	
Movies-Attended Movie In Last 6 Months	1,331	68%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	1,282	66%	

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)