REACHING SELMA, DALLAS, 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	1313 Tremont St	GIS Latitude	32.418160	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-87.028260	
Zip Code	36701	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	South Central Region	Sitescape Group	Medium Towns	
Association	Selma 			

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	41,503	19,657	11,043	4,070	
2010 Households	17,241	8,339	4,373	1,708	
2010 Group Quarters	532	517	1	0	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is high density, inner-city neighborhoods. Approximately 5785 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	5,785	69.39%	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	1,197	14.36%	
Upscale Communities	Affluent, White-collar Families	550	6.6%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Af. Amer. Neighborhoods segment. Approximately 804 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Af. Amer. Neighborhoods
(69.94% unreached)	Young, working-class minority city dwellers and single-parent families with low educational levels living in older homes and low-rise apartments 	804	9.64%	
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	268	3.21%	
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	257	3.08%	

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	11,873	68.87%	5,762	69.1%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	4,585	26.59%	2,291	27.47%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	683	3.96%	265	3.17%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	7,084	41.09%	3,470	41.61%	

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	4,375	25%	2,099	25%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	993	6%	477	6%	
# 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	7,291	87%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	6,082	73%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	5,527	66%	
Movies-Attended Movie In Last 6 Months	5,460	65%	
Listening To Music	5,438	65%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	5,400	65%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	5,296	64%	

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)