REACHING STEVENSON, JACKSON, 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	112-198 OH Ave	GIS Latitude	34.872720	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-85.825130	
Zip Code	35772	Sitescape Category	Countryscape	
State Region	Northern Region	Sitescape Group	Distant Settlements	
Association	Tennessee River 			

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	52,858	6,505	5,780	21,861	
2010 Households	21,383	2,598	2,393	8,666	
2010 Group Quarters	579	90	0	177	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is rural, agri. & mining families. Approximately 1672 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	1,672	64.36%	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	271	10.43%	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	241	9.28%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Coal & Crops segment. Approximately 212 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	212	8.16%	
Steadfast Conservative
(68.53% unreached)	Home to high-school educated mature singles and couples living in middle-class urban blue-collar neighborhoods  	182	7.01%	
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 	170	6.54%	

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	12,115	56.66%	1,373	52.84%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	2,317	10.83%	279	10.73%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	1,716	8.02%	151	5.81%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	8,112	37.94%	949	36.54%	

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	4,939	23%	318	24%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	4,329	20%	278	21%	
# 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	2,334	90%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	2,134	82%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	1,877	72%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	1,841	71%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	1,681	65%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	1,678	65%	
Listening To Music	1,666	64%	

This mission site is located in the Northern 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)