REACHING JASPER, WALKER, 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	2-1470 3rd St NE	GIS Latitude	33.849220	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-87.255210	
Zip Code	35501	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	North Central Region	Sitescape Group	Medium Towns	
Association	Walker 			

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	68,785	13,196	13,242	14,057	
2010 Households	27,541	5,334	5,316	5,567	
2010 Group Quarters	1,020	738	11	118	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is established, diverse households. Approximately 1530 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-3 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	1,530	28.67%	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	1,157	21.68%	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	955	17.9%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Steadfast Conservative segment. Approximately 664 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Steadfast Conservative
(68.53% unreached)	Home to high-school educated mature singles and couples living in middle-class urban blue-collar neighborhoods  	664	12.45%	
Struggling city Centers
(67.80% unreached)	Young, single and single-parent minority renters living in very low-income city neighborhoods throughout the South  	624	11.7%	
Urban Optimists
(69.07% unreached)	A portrait of middle-class diversity containing middle-aged couples and families living in older suburban homes, duplexes and apartments located in coastal states	456	8.55%	

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	16,311	59.22%	3,604	67.57%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	3,465	12.58%	873	16.37%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	2,487	9.03%	581	10.9%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	10,424	37.85%	2,186	40.98%	

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	8,801	32%	1,357	25%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	2,429	9%	374	7%	
# 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	4,481	84%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	4,245	80%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	3,972	74%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	3,855	72%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	3,679	69%	
Listening To Music	3,546	66%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	3,443	65%	

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)