REACHING SLOCOMB, GENEVA, 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	713 Dixie Rd	GIS Latitude	31.096030	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-85.605210	
Zip Code	36375	Sitescape Category	Countryscape	
State Region	Southeastern Region	Sitescape Group	Distant Settlements	
Association	Geneva			

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	26,083	9,817	9,924	58,946	
2010 Households	10,348	3,822	3,617	22,526	
2010 Group Quarters	274	103	5	714	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is rural, agri. & mining families. Approximately 1996 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	1,996	52.25%	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	727	19.03%	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	517	13.53%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Rugged Southern Style segment. Approximately 500 households within the 0-7 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Rugged Southern Style
(58.43% unreached)	Rural working-class households of older married couples and retirees residing in aging houses and mobile homes located in the most isolated communities in the Southwest and Western states 	500	13.08%	
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	394	10.31%	
Steadfast Conservative
(68.53% unreached)	Home to high-school educated mature singles and couples living in middle-class urban blue-collar neighborhoods  	299	7.82%	

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	5,970	57.7%	2,159	56.49%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	1,244	12.02%	431	11.28%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	844	8.16%	311	8.13%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	3,925	37.93%	1,430	37.42%	

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	3,294	32%	348	33%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	1,084	10%	115	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	3,409	89%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	3,109	81%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	2,744	72%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	2,722	71%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	2,557	67%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	2,463	64%	
Listening To Music	2,457	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)