REACHING URIAH, MONROE, 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	Unnamed Rd	GIS Latitude	31.316340	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-87.644860	
Zip Code	36480	Sitescape Category	Countryscape	
State Region	Southeastern Region	Sitescape Group	Remote Areas	
Association	Mobile 			

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	22,206	1,308	1,115	4,214	
2010 Households	9,967	563	473	1,594	
2010 Group Quarters	241	0	0	0	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is rural, agri. & mining families. Approximately 275 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	275	48.85%	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	130	23.09%	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	75	13.32%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Coal & Crops segment. Approximately 174 households within the 0-7 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
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	174	30.91%	
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 	75	13.32%	
Hinterland Fam.
(41.08% unreached)	Blue-collar, middle-aged families and couples settled in isolated towns and villages throughout the South 	66	11.72%	

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	6,695	67.18%	348	61.82%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	2,349	23.57%	91	16.24%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	587	5.89%	52	9.3%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	3,901	39.14%	208	36.89%	

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	2,667	27%	41	32%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	605	6%	10	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	506	90%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	438	78%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	397	71%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	392	70%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	378	67%	
Listening To Music	360	64%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	354	63%	

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