REACHING COLUMBIANA, 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	275-3403 Bule Rd	GIS Latitude	33.146940	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-86.589060	
Zip Code	35051	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	4,354	7,765	11,555	
2010 Households	73,764	1,660	2,912	4,439	
2010 Group Quarters	2,053	50	146	60	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is rural, agri. & mining families. Approximately 595 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	595	35.86%	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	421	25.38%	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	249	15.01%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Rural Southern Living segment. Approximately 573 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Rural Southern Living
(58.60% unreached)	Low income, blue-collar couples and families scattered in sparsely settled mobile home communities across the South	573	34.52%	
Steadfast Conservative
(68.53% unreached)	Home to high-school educated mature singles and couples living in middle-class urban blue-collar neighborhoods  	339	20.42%	
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 	214	12.89%	

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%	1,072	64.55%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	10,961	14.86%	277	16.7%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	9,257	12.55%	178	10.7%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	30,115	40.83%	621	37.39%	

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%	258	16%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	13,177	18%	330	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	1,440	87%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	1,375	83%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	1,303	79%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	1,205	73%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	1,158	70%	
Listening To Music	1,115	67%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	1,081	65%	

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)