REACHING TALLADEGA, TALLADEGA, 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	305 1/2 Shaw Ave	GIS Latitude	33.449480	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-86.099870	
Zip Code	35160	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	North Central Region	Sitescape Group	Medium Towns	
Association	Coosa River 			

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	80,269	14,166	9,694	9,440	
2010 Households	31,314	5,533	3,178	3,681	
2010 Group Quarters	3,883	1,078	1,909	30	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is high density, inner-city neighborhoods. Approximately 2967 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-3 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	2,967	53.64%	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	1,046	18.91%	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	710	12.84%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Af. Amer. Neighborhoods segment. Approximately 383 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Af. Amer. Neighborhoods
(69.94% unreached)	Young, working-class minority city dwellers and single-parent families with low educational levels living in older homes and low-rise apartments 	383	6.92%	
Steadfast Conservative
(68.53% unreached)	Home to high-school educated mature singles and couples living in middle-class urban blue-collar neighborhoods  	296	5.35%	
Working Rural Suburbia
(60.31% unreached)	Middle-class empty-nesting couples, middle-aged families and single seniors living in older, industrial towns skilled in blue-collar construction and manufacturing jobs 	248	4.48%	

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	21,052	67.23%	3,778	68.28%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	6,528	20.85%	1,344	24.29%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	2,446	7.81%	291	5.25%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	12,427	39.69%	2,275	41.11%	

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	6,434	21%	1,099	20%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	3,828	12%	654	12%	
# 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	4,813	87%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	4,142	75%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	3,765	68%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	3,683	67%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	3,626	66%	
Listening To Music	3,618	65%	
Movies-Attended Movie In Last 6 Months	3,535	64%	

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)