REACHING COLORADO SPRINGS, EL PASO, 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	7625 Bell Dr	GIS Latitude	38.941670	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-104.787430	
Zip Code	80920	Sitescape Category	Suburbscape	
State Region	Front Range	Sitescape Group	Medium Suburbs	
Association	Pikes 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	0-1.5 MILES	1.5-3 MILES	3-7 MILES	
2010 Population	614,050	20,480	61,265	211,349	
2010 Households	221,792	7,805	20,788	77,962	
2010 Group Quarters	16,452	42	475	6,902	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is affluent, white-collar families. Approximately 5656 households within the 0-1.5 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-1.5 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Upscale Communities	Affluent, White-collar Families	5,656	72.48%	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	1,434	18.38%	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	386	4.95%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Successful Urban Sprawl segment. Approximately 902 households within the 0-1.5 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Successful Urban Sprawl
(75.11% unreached)	Middle-age, married couples with children who enjoy an upscale life far from the downtown hustle of city living	902	11.56%	
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 	665	8.52%	
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  	561	7.19%	

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	153,759	69.33%	5,487	70.3%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	34,786	15.68%	1,189	15.24%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	25,866	11.66%	916	11.74%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	93,400	42.11%	3,381	43.32%	

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	23,461	11%	3,047	11%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	44,572	20%	5,788	20%	
# New Churches Needed	111	14	

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	6,701	86%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	6,656	85%	
Fast Food/Drive-In Restaurant-Visit Any	6,622	85%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	5,942	76%	
Movies-Attended Movie In Last 6 Months	5,742	74%	
HH Uses Computer For Internet/E-mail	5,698	73%	
Listening To Music	5,653	72%	

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)