REACHING GORDO, PICKENS, 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	2952-2998 Reform Gordo Rd	GIS Latitude	33.342120	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-87.916470	
Zip Code	35466	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	North Central Region	Sitescape Group	Small Towns	
Association	Pickens 			

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	19,077	2,414	3,608	2,723	
2010 Households	8,327	1,121	1,586	1,154	
2010 Group Quarters	211	0	64	11	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is rural, agri. & mining families. Approximately 464 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-3 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	464	41.39%	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	211	18.82%	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	202	18.02%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Coal & Crops segment. Approximately 251 households within the 0-3 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	251	22.39%	
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 	211	18.82%	
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 	158	14.09%	

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	5,554	66.69%	702	62.59%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	1,862	22.36%	180	16.04%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	512	6.15%	102	9.07%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	3,310	39.75%	425	37.92%	

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	2,608	31%	394	35%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	165	2%	25	2%	
# 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	1,004	90%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	898	80%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	810	72%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	778	69%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	778	69%	
Listening To Music	728	65%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	714	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)