REACHING BESSEMER, 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	4702-4798 Little Dr	GIS Latitude	33.383200	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-86.995570	
Zip Code	35022	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	24,380	67,196	96,423	
2010 Households	269,609	9,672	25,903	36,533	
2010 Group Quarters	16,816	518	732	1,220	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is high density, inner-city neighborhoods. Approximately 5314 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-3 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	5,314	54.94%	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	2,529	26.15%	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	1,456	15.05%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Getting By segment. Approximately 182 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Getting By
(76.15% unreached)	Very low income minority single and single-parent households located in dense neighborhoods of small cities 	182	1.88%	
Urban Commuter Fam.
(67.14% unreached)	Upscale, college educated Baby Boomer families and couples living in comfortable, single detached homes in city neighborhoods on the metropolitan fringe	85	0.88%	
Grass-Roots Living
(69.62% unreached)	Less educated, racially diverse mix of middle-aged couples, families and singles living in lower-middle-class rural villages and aging industrial towns throughout the Midwest and South 	56	0.58%	

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%	6,779	70.09%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	59,062	21.91%	2,682	27.73%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	23,159	8.59%	419	4.33%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	108,094	40.09%	3,829	39.59%	

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%	2,177	23%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	20,000	7%	716	7%	
# 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	8,266	85%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	7,165	74%	
Listening To Music	6,435	67%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	6,392	66%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	6,359	66%	
Movies-Attended Movie In Last 6 Months	6,290	65%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	6,162	64%	

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)