REACHING LOUISVILLE, BARBOUR, 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	60-360 McGilvary Rd	GIS Latitude	31.800390	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-85.577730	
Zip Code	36048	Sitescape Category	Countryscape	
State Region	Southeastern Region	Sitescape Group	Distant Settlements	
Association	Barbour 			

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	29,737	3,119	6,259	5,388	
2010 Households	10,571	1,242	1,335	2,254	
2010 Group Quarters	3,334	22	2,998	2	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is high density, inner-city neighborhoods. Approximately 739 households within the 0-7 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-7 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	739	59.55%	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	426	34.33%	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	31	2.5%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Struggling city Centers segment. Approximately 714 households within the 0-7 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  	714	57.49%	
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 	421	33.9%	
Hinterland Fam.
(41.08% unreached)	Blue-collar, middle-aged families and couples settled in isolated towns and villages throughout the South 	31	2.5%	

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	7,342	69.46%	864	69.55%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	2,759	26.1%	350	28.17%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	529	5.01%	36	2.86%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	4,279	40.48%	518	41.74%	

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	2,126	20%	101	21%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	1,103	10%	52	11%	
# 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	1,106	89%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	931	75%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	842	68%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	816	66%	
Movies-Attended Movie In Last 6 Months	807	65%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	804	65%	
Listening To Music	797	64%	

This mission site is located in the Southeastern 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)