REACHING SARALAND, 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	203 Harris Ave	GIS Latitude	30.822980	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-88.076240	
Zip Code	36571	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	7,849	6,199	47,457	
2010 Households	159,010	3,272	2,374	17,329	
2010 Group Quarters	9,711	7	23	889	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is blue-collar, working families. Approximately 2092 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	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	2,092	63.96%	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	430	13.15%	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	336	10.27%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Minority Metro Communities segment. Approximately 383 households within the 0-1.5 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
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 	383	11.71%	
Urban Diversity
(72.03% unreached)	Young and mobile multi-ethnic singles and single-parent families living in inter-city neighborhoods in a mix of rowhouses and high-rise apartment buildings  	190	5.81%	
Amer. Great Outdoors
(64.14% unreached)	Older rural couples and retirees scattered in remote communities around the country living on low wage and Social Security in modest homes, small apartment buildings and mobile homes 	129	3.94%	

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%	2,233	68.25%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	31,903	20.06%	574	17.55%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	14,612	9.19%	353	10.78%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	63,325	39.82%	1,307	39.93%	

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%	1,027	18%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	21,812	14%	793	14%	
# 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	2,829	86%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	2,698	82%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	2,511	77%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	2,325	71%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	2,230	68%	
Listening To Music	2,131	65%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	2,075	63%	

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)