REACHING BIRMINGHAM, JEFFERSON, 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	5000 Terrace M	GIS Latitude	33.483790	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-86.895120	
Zip Code	35208	Sitescape Category	Suburbscape	
State Region	North Central Region	Sitescape Group	Medium Suburbs	
Association	Birmingham			

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	0-1.5 MILES	1.5-3 MILES	3-7 MILES	
2010 Population	666,792	29,630	44,515	178,789	
2010 Households	269,609	11,185	17,311	75,721	
2010 Group Quarters	16,816	712	656	9,717	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is high density, inner-city neighborhoods. Approximately 9915 households within the 0-1.5 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-1.5 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	9,915	88.64%	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	1,129	10.09%	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	110	0.98%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Getting By segment. Approximately 564 households within the 0-1.5 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Getting By
(76.15% unreached)	Very low income minority single and single-parent households located in dense neighborhoods of small cities 	564	5.04%	
New Generation Activists
(67.34% unreached)	Less educated, young, low income minority singles and single-parent families concentrated in the nation's inner cities 	100	0.89%	
Steadfast Conservative
(68.53% unreached)	Home to high-school educated mature singles and couples living in middle-class urban blue-collar neighborhoods  	70	0.63%	

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	188,839	70.04%	7,861	70.28%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	59,062	21.91%	3,532	31.58%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	23,159	8.59%	230	2.06%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	108,094	40.09%	4,202	37.57%	

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	60,770	23%	6,340	22%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	20,000	7%	2,086	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	8,949	80%	
Listening To Music	7,753	69%	
Movies-Attended Movie In Last 6 Months	7,424	66%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	7,423	66%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	6,923	62%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	6,884	62%	
You Should Seize Opportunities In Life	6,222	56%	

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)