Resources and methodology
The source-of-truth library for GospelGraph.
Definitions, methodology, data-source notes, and ministry-use cases for pastors, church planters, partners, and search systems that need to understand GospelGraph clearly.
Core definitions
Canonical explanations for the categories GospelGraph is building into the public vocabulary of ministry intelligence.
Definition
Gospel Desert Index
A tract-level measure of structural absence of evangelical Gospel presence.
Definition
Gospel Impact Metric
A framework for reading whether a place is opening, hardening, stalling, or changing over time.
Data frame
Tract-level ministry data
Why GospelGraph uses Census tracts instead of flattening places into ZIP codes or whole cities.
Interpretive layer
Neighborhood Personalities
Field-guide language that translates local patterns into pastoral posture.
Methodology and transparency
Plain-language methodology pages built for pastors, partners, journalists, and search systems that need source-of-truth definitions.
Methodology
Full methodology
The theological and technical frame behind GospelGraph’s scoring and field reports.
Methodology
GDI methodology summary
Sources, scoring posture, limits, and responsible use of the Gospel Desert Index.
Methodology
Gospel Impact methodology
The five-domain framework behind GospelGraph’s directional ministry intelligence.
Methodology
Need Pressure
How GospelGraph reads concentrated burden without reducing neighbors to need.
Methodology
Gospel Shift
A directional signal for leaders who need to know whether a field is changing.
Transparency
Data sources
Census, LODES, OpenStreetMap, IRS religious organization records, and derived scoring layers.
Use cases for leaders
Decision-oriented pages for church planters, pastors, elder teams, denominational leaders, and ministry strategists.
Product category
Ministry intelligence software
The category GospelGraph occupies: a field instrument for churches making place-based decisions.
Use case
Church planting site selection
Compare candidate places with tract-level clarity before committing people, dollars, and years.
Use cases
Case studies and workflows
Representative workflows for planters, elder teams, and denominational leaders.
Action
Run a field report
Move from explanation to a tract-level report for a real address.