REACHING RAMER, BULLOCK, 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	Bullock County 37	GIS Latitude	32.056320	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-85.954490	
Zip Code	36069	Sitescape Category	Countryscape	
State Region	South Central Region	Sitescape Group	Distant Settlements	
Association	Bullock-Centennial 			

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	10,995	1,452	1,473	7,775	
2010 Households	4,070	654	636	3,286	
2010 Group Quarters	1,690	0	0	12	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is high density, inner-city neighborhoods. Approximately 266 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	168	25.69%	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	99	15.14%	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	46	7.03%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Struggling city Centers segment. Approximately 260 households within the 0-7 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Struggling city Centers	Young, single and single-parent minority renters living in very low-income city neighborhoods throughout the South  	260	39.76%	
Coal & Crops	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	146	22.32%	
Minority Metro Communities	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 	99	15.14%	

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	2,797	68.72%	440	67.31%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	1,146	28.15%	154	23.51%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	64	1.57%	37	5.73%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	1,768	43.43%	264	40.31%	

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 %	BAND	BAND %	
Active Evangelical HHlds	878	22%	27	21%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	395	10%	12	9%	
# 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	579	89%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	492	75%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	448	68%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	447	68%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	424	65%	
Listening To Music	421	64%	
Movies-Attended Movie In Last 6 Months	403	62%	

This mission site is located in the South Central Region of the ALSBOM.  For more information about this need, contact the regional Church Planting Strategist:   ()