REACHING MOBILE, MOBILE, 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	201-399 W Brandy Run Rd	GIS Latitude	30.682550	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-88.185550	
Zip Code	36608	Sitescape Category	Suburbscape	
State Region	Gulf Coast Region	Sitescape Group	Medium Suburbs	
Association	Mobile 			

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	414,958	18,914	49,751	164,013	
2010 Households	159,010	7,852	20,426	63,568	
2010 Group Quarters	9,711	1,911	1,327	2,718	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is young singles / aspiring-multihousing. Approximately 2926 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	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	2,926	37.27%	
Upscale Communities	Affluent, White-collar Families	2,466	31.41%	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	1,349	17.18%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Urban Commuter Fam. segment. Approximately 888 households within the 0-1.5 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Urban Commuter Fam.
(67.14% unreached)	Upscale, college educated Baby Boomer families and couples living in comfortable, single detached homes in city neighborhoods on the metropolitan fringe	888	11.31%	
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 	569	7.25%	
Dream Weavers
(71.55% unreached)	Well-off families with school age children, living an affluent, suburban version of the American Dream 	538	6.85%	

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	108,949	68.52%	5,703	72.63%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	31,903	20.06%	1,313	16.72%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	14,612	9.19%	1,051	13.39%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	63,325	39.82%	3,344	42.59%	

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	28,249	18%	4,677	17%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	21,812	14%	3,611	13%	
# New Churches Needed	0	2	

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	6,568	84%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	6,446	82%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	6,286	80%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	5,805	74%	
Movies-Attended Movie In Last 6 Months	5,622	72%	
Listening To Music	5,519	70%	
HH Uses Computer For Internet/E-mail	5,252	67%	

This mission site is located in the Gulf Coast 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)