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	898-954 N Gate Blvd	GIS Latitude	39.027410	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-104.812040	
Zip Code	80921	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	7,732	10,921	82,490	
2010 Households	221,792	2,664	3,643	25,840	
2010 Group Quarters	16,452	0	179	3,746	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is affluent, white-collar families. Approximately 2417 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	2,417	90.73%	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	237	8.9%	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	10	0.38%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Small Town Success segment. Approximately 546 households within the 0-1.5 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Small Town Success
(69.25% unreached)	White-collar, college educated, middle-aged working couples living in newly developed subdivisions outside the nation's beltways	546	20.5%	
Professional Urbanites
(72.30% unreached)	An upper-middle-class retirement oasis in the metropolitan sprawl containing very active empty nesting couples and older singles 	237	8.9%	
New Suburbia Fam.
(67.50% unreached)	Young, affluent working couples with pre-school children concentrated in fast-growing, metro fringe communities	220	8.26%	

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%	1,898	71.23%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	34,786	15.68%	423	15.89%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	25,866	11.66%	349	13.1%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	93,400	42.11%	1,125	42.24%	

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%	622	10%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	44,572	20%	1,182	19%	
# New Churches Needed	111	3	

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	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	2,434	91%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	2,349	88%	
Fast Food/Drive-In Restaurant-Visit Any	2,247	84%	
HH Uses Computer For Internet/E-mail	2,218	83%	
Important To Respect Customs And Beliefs	2,094	79%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	2,084	78%	
Movies-Attended Movie In Last 6 Months	2,035	76%	

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)