REACHING MAPLESVILLE, CHILTON, 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	4730-4878 County Road 45	GIS Latitude	32.760740	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-86.901950	
Zip Code	36750	Sitescape Category	Countryscape	
State Region	South Central Region	Sitescape Group	Distant Settlements	
Association	Chilton 			

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	0-7 MILES	7-10 MILES	10-15 MILES	
2010 Population	43,275	3,708	2,867	10,706	
2010 Households	16,120	1,349	1,092	3,939	
2010 Group Quarters	351	0	0	0	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is rural, agri. & mining families. Approximately 726 households within the 0-7 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-7 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	726	53.86%	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	238	17.66%	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	203	15.06%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Small Town Connections segment. Approximately 400 households within the 0-7 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Small Town Connections
(58.04% unreached)	Relatively young high-school educated couples and single households living in older houses and mobile homes earning lower-middle-class incomes 	400	29.65%	
Coal & Crops
(61.02% unreached)	Rural, low-income families and singles living in small, racially mixed hamlets in sparsely populated areas working in mining and farming jobs throughout the Midwest and South	218	16.16%	
Steadfast Conservative
(68.53% unreached)	Home to high-school educated mature singles and couples living in middle-class urban blue-collar neighborhoods  	216	16.01%	

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	9,501	58.94%	783	58.08%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	2,164	13.43%	198	14.68%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	1,305	8.1%	90	6.71%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	6,083	37.74%	502	37.18%	

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	3,942	24%	127	25%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	2,676	17%	87	17%	
# 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	1,203	89%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	1,079	80%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	965	72%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	938	70%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	892	66%	
Listening To Music	874	65%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	854	63%	

This mission site is located in the South 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)