REACHING LEEDS, 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	7638 Cahaba Ave	GIS Latitude	33.552150	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-86.556640	
Zip Code	35094	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	North Central Region	Sitescape Group	Small Towns	
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	0-3 MILES	3-7 MILES	7-10 MILES	
2010 Population	666,792	12,671	37,616	95,838	
2010 Households	269,609	5,045	13,699	37,185	
2010 Group Quarters	16,816	4	407	1,704	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is blue-collar, working families. Approximately 2883 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-3 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	2,883	57.15%	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	723	14.33%	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	504	9.99%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the 2nd City Homebodies segment. Approximately 420 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
2nd City Homebodies
(70.94% unreached)	Financially conservative, dual working, middle-aged couples and families living in small, satellite cities along the East and West coasts	420	8.33%	
Struggling city Centers
(67.80% unreached)	Young, single and single-parent minority renters living in very low-income city neighborhoods throughout the South  	400	7.93%	
Rural Southern Living
(58.60% unreached)	Low income, blue-collar couples and families scattered in sparsely settled mobile home communities across the South	398	7.89%	

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%	3,381	67.01%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	59,062	21.91%	849	16.83%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	23,159	8.59%	536	10.63%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	108,094	40.09%	2,018	39.99%	

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%	1,252	25%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	20,000	7%	412	8%	
# New Churches Needed	0	0	

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	4,371	87%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	4,175	83%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	3,907	77%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	3,651	72%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	3,459	69%	
Listening To Music	3,340	66%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	3,267	65%	

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