DRIVE-BY PRAYER VIGIL

If drive-by guns can kill, then drive-by Prayers can heal.

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The Impact

Our battles are fought with prayer, the proclaimation of the Gospel, and the extending of love to those hurting, lost, and in need. The effects and imapct of these could never be fully measured by data, charts, and numbers. While some people and places undergo an immediately apparent change, others transform over time as the seeds of love planted come to fruition.

We do, however, use the information we have to develop tools that help to understand trends, troubled areas, successes, and scope. This section contains several of these tools, each of which you can filter by year (provided there is sufficient data available).

Homicides vs Lives Saved 2008  

The Homicides vs Lives Saved chart displays data in a bar graph format demonstrating the relationship between the number of homicides within Indianapolis and Marion County in a particular month versus the number of people who make the decision to live for Jesus Christ while we are at the prayer vigils for that month.

*While the Drive-By Prayer Vigils have been taking place since 2006, our vigil statistics and information only date back to July 13th, 2007.

*It should be noted that prior to May '08, the "Lives Saved" values are estimated values.

2008 Homicide Heatmap for Marion County  

Homicide Heatmap for Marion County
The Homicide Heatmap superimposes the currently available homicide victim statistics in our database overtop a map of the region via geocode.

A static radius from a homicide location defines a 'hot-spot'.  A calculation is performed that determines which hot-spots intersect with each other, and a color value, based on a normalized scale, is assigned to each hot-spot's visual indicator.  The color scale ranges from yellow to red, yellow being the lowest threat and red being the highest.

*Hover you mouse over the various regions to see details on the specific homicide that took place. 

*Click a hotspot to search for that victim's vigil information.

*Click, hold, and drag to pan the map.

*Use the map controls on the left and top to navigate and change views.

All Drive-By Prayer Vigil Sites for 2008  

The All Drive-By Prayer Vigil Sites map simply plots all the Drive-By Prayer Vigil locations of a given year.

*Click a vigil marker to view information about that vigil.