REACHING TUSCUMBIA, COLBERT, 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	4887-4891 Wilson Dam Hwy	GIS Latitude	34.711000	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-87.634570	
Zip Code	35674	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	Northern Region	Sitescape Group	Medium Towns	
Association	Colbert-Lauderdale 			

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	54,655	9,988	35,044	35,273	
2010 Households	23,078	4,042	15,407	14,744	
2010 Group Quarters	592	137	873	1,614	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is affluent, white-collar families. Approximately 1543 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-3 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Upscale Communities	Affluent, White-collar Families	1,543	38.16%	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	978	24.19%	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	461	11.4%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Urban Commuter Fam. segment. Approximately 594 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
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	594	14.7%	
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	517	12.79%	
Small Town Success
(69.25% unreached)	White-collar, college educated, middle-aged working couples living in newly developed subdivisions outside the nation's beltways	502	12.42%	

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	14,918	64.64%	2,742	67.83%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	3,721	16.12%	640	15.83%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	2,158	9.35%	477	11.8%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	9,124	39.54%	1,632	40.38%	

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	6,906	30%	1,102	27%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	1,253	5%	200	5%	
# 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	3,489	86%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	3,441	85%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	3,324	82%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	3,052	76%	
Listening To Music	2,823	70%	
HH Uses Computer For Internet/E-mail	2,783	69%	
Movies-Attended Movie In Last 6 Months	2,770	69%	

This mission site is located in the Northern 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)