REACHING DOTHAN, HOUSTON, 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	1700-1798 Tacoma St	GIS Latitude	31.234510	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-85.417120	
Zip Code	36303	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	Southeastern Region	Sitescape Group	Medium Towns	
Association	Columbia 			

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	0-3 MILES	3-7 MILES	7-10 MILES	
2010 Population	101,431	39,869	39,261	16,959	
2010 Households	37,140	15,202	14,387	6,421	
2010 Group Quarters	1,147	915	94	29	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is high density, inner-city neighborhoods. Approximately 4680 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-3 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	4,680	30.79%	
Upscale Communities	Affluent, White-collar Families	3,336	21.94%	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	2,790	18.35%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Professional Urbanites segment. Approximately 795 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Professional Urbanites
(72.30% unreached)	An upper-middle-class retirement oasis in the metropolitan sprawl containing very active empty nesting couples and older singles 	795	5.23%	
Af. Amer. Neighborhoods
(69.94% unreached)	Young, working-class minority city dwellers and single-parent families with low educational levels living in older homes and low-rise apartments 	704	4.63%	
Dream Weavers
(71.55% unreached)	Well-off families with school age children, living an affluent, suburban version of the American Dream 	656	4.32%	

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	25,086	67.54%	10,730	70.58%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	7,069	19.03%	3,341	21.98%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	3,394	9.14%	1,312	8.63%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	14,827	39.92%	6,207	40.83%	

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	9,069	24%	3,365	22%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	2,985	8%	1,107	7%	
# New Churches Needed	0	1	

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	12,920	85%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	11,963	79%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	11,197	74%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	10,720	71%	
Listening To Music	10,304	68%	
Movies-Attended Movie In Last 6 Months	10,259	67%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	10,173	67%	

This mission site is located in the Southeastern Region of the Alabama State Board of Mission.  For more information about this need, contact the regional Church Planting Strategist:  Otis Corbitt (ocorbitt@alsbom.org)