REACHING CORDOVA, 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	Old Barney Rd	GIS Latitude	33.748440	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-87.169600	
Zip Code	35550	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	North Central Region	Sitescape Group	Small 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	3,229	15,338	23,944	
2010 Households	27,541	1,328	6,111	9,595	
2010 Group Quarters	1,020	110	18	679	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is blue-collar, working families. Approximately 633 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	633	47.74%	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	352	26.55%	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	207	15.61%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Lower Income Essentials segment. Approximately 326 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Lower Income Essentials
(67.56% unreached)	Lower-income empty-nesting couples and aging seniors, living in out of the way towns in aging houses and mobile homes 	326	24.55%	
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	207	15.59%	
Grass-Roots Living
(69.62% unreached)	Less educated, racially diverse mix of middle-aged couples, families and singles living in lower-middle-class rural villages and aging industrial towns throughout the Midwest and South 	180	13.55%	

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%	862	64.88%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	3,465	12.58%	210	15.83%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	2,487	9.03%	159	11.99%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	10,424	37.85%	494	37.23%	

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%	364	27%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	2,429	9%	101	8%	
# 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	1,172	88%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	1,054	79%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	954	72%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	930	70%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	919	69%	
Listening To Music	868	65%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	839	63%	

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)