REACHING TALLASSEE, ELMORE, 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	644-760 County Road 154	GIS Latitude	32.558460	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-85.940100	
Zip Code	36078	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	South Central Region	Sitescape Group	Small Towns	
Association	Elmore			

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	80,119	4,381	8,423	5,903	
2010 Households	25,821	1,634	3,109	2,131	
2010 Group Quarters	5,864	123	0	0	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is blue-collar, working families. Approximately 681 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-3 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	681	41.68%	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	400	24.48%	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	186	11.38%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Steadfast Conservative segment. Approximately 508 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Steadfast Conservative
(68.53% unreached)	Home to high-school educated mature singles and couples living in middle-class urban blue-collar neighborhoods  	508	31.09%	
Struggling city Centers
(67.80% unreached)	Young, single and single-parent minority renters living in very low-income city neighborhoods throughout the South  	237	14.5%	
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 	184	11.26%	

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	17,212	66.66%	1,094	66.93%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	4,435	17.18%	303	18.57%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	2,678	10.37%	151	9.22%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	10,152	39.32%	653	39.96%	

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	5,128	20%	322	20%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	3,481	13%	219	13%	
# 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	1,419	87%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	1,306	80%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	1,205	74%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	1,168	71%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	1,135	69%	
Listening To Music	1,072	66%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	1,049	64%	

This mission site is located in the South Central 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)