REACHING BIRMINGHAM, JEFFERSON, AL
This location has been identified as one of the top areas in Alabama 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	3025 Ryecroft Rd	GIS Latitude	33.473500	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-86.741080	
Zip Code	35223	Sitescape Category	Suburbscape	
State Region	North Central Region	Sitescape Group	Medium Suburbs	
Association	Birmingham			

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	666,792	10,808	31,502	219,881	
2010 Households	269,609	4,644	13,301	94,069	
2010 Group Quarters	16,816	59	2,087	7,775	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is affluent, white-collar families. Approximately 3179 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	3,179	68.47%	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	968	20.85%	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	462	9.95%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Professional Urbanites segment. Approximately 875 households within the 0-1.5 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Professional Urbanites
(72.30% unreached)	An upper-middle-class retirement oasis in the metropolitan sprawl containing very active empty nesting couples and older singles 	875	18.84%	
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 	457	9.84%	
Small Town Success
(69.25% unreached)	White-collar, college educated, middle-aged working couples living in newly developed subdivisions outside the nation's beltways	453	9.75%	

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	188,839	70.04%	3,353	72.19%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	59,062	21.91%	761	16.39%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	23,159	8.59%	613	13.21%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	108,094	40.09%	1,978	42.6%	

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	60,770	23%	3,524	20%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	20,000	7%	1,160	6%	
# New Churches Needed	0	2	

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	4,086	88%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	4,028	87%	
Fast Food/Drive-In Restaurant-Visit Any	3,824	82%	
HH Uses Computer For Internet/E-mail	3,658	79%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	3,599	77%	
Important To Respect Customs And Beliefs	3,510	76%	
Movies-Attended Movie In Last 6 Months	3,484	75%	

This mission site is located in the North Central Region of the Alabama State Board of Missions.  For more information about this need, contact the regional Church Planting Strategist:  Otis Corbitt (ocorbitt@alsbom.org)