REACHING MONTEVALLO, SHELBY, 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	Pine Oak Hunting Club Rd	GIS Latitude	33.133850	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-86.901560	
Zip Code	35115	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	North Central Region	Sitescape Group	Small Towns	
Association	Shelby			

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	197,013	4,297	21,628	33,673	
2010 Households	73,764	1,279	7,857	12,144	
2010 Group Quarters	2,053	1,003	120	482	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is blue-collar, working families. Approximately 408 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-3 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	408	31.92%	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	364	28.48%	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	358	28.01%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Struggling city Centers segment. Approximately 269 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Struggling city Centers
(67.80% unreached)	Young, single and single-parent minority renters living in very low-income city neighborhoods throughout the South  	269	21.03%	
Steadfast Conservative
(68.53% unreached)	Home to high-school educated mature singles and couples living in middle-class urban blue-collar neighborhoods  	238	18.61%	
Hinterland Fam.
(41.08% unreached)	Blue-collar, middle-aged families and couples settled in isolated towns and villages throughout the South 	153	11.96%	

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	50,280	68.16%	819	64.02%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	10,961	14.86%	245	19.19%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	9,257	12.55%	88	6.87%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	30,115	40.83%	501	39.14%	

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	10,307	14%	202	16%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	13,177	18%	258	20%	
# 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	1,121	88%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	1,020	80%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	897	70%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	868	68%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	860	67%	
Listening To Music	840	66%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	786	61%	

This mission site is located in the North Central 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)