REACHING OZARK, DALE, 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	100-192 Jeffrey Ct	GIS Latitude	31.427540	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-85.664710	
Zip Code	36360	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	Southeastern Region	Sitescape Group	Small Towns	
Association	Dale 			

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	48,089	10,508	11,965	11,610	
2010 Households	19,799	4,669	4,478	4,572	
2010 Group Quarters	1,664	199	531	928	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is high density, inner-city neighborhoods. Approximately 1499 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	1,499	32.11%	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	1,423	30.48%	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	976	20.9%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the America's Farmland segment. Approximately 364 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
America's Farmland
(57.09% unreached)	Remote farming communities scattered across the nation earning middle-class incomes living in older, single-family homes on large plots of land 	364	7.8%	
Minority Metro Communities
(74.06% unreached)	Concentrated in inner-ring suburbs, these married couples and single-parent minorities earn above-average incomes from a mix of service industry and white-collar jobs in transportation, health care, education and public administration 	343	7.35%	
Rural Southern Living
(58.60% unreached)	Low income, blue-collar couples and families scattered in sparsely settled mobile home communities across the South	271	5.8%	

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	12,679	64.04%	3,117	66.76%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	3,124	15.78%	956	20.48%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	1,700	8.59%	363	7.78%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	8,116	40.99%	1,861	39.86%	

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	4,018	20%	876	19%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	3,102	16%	676	14%	
# 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	4,033	86%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	3,698	79%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	3,293	71%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	3,292	71%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	3,140	67%	
Listening To Music	3,120	67%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	2,990	64%	

This mission site is located in the Southeastern 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)