REACHING PINE APPLE, WILCOX, 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	County Road 16	GIS Latitude	31.881710	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-87.021030	
Zip Code	36768	Sitescape Category	Countryscape	
State Region	Southeastern Region	Sitescape Group	Remote Areas	
Association	Pine Barren 			

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	0-7 MILES	7-10 MILES	10-15 MILES	
2010 Population	12,287	684	749	2,987	
2010 Households	4,939	319	307	1,228	
2010 Group Quarters	147	2	0	0	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is high density, inner-city neighborhoods. Approximately 221 households within the 0-7 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-7 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	221	69.28%	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	86	26.96%	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	9	2.82%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Struggling city Centers segment. Approximately 221 households within the 0-7 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Struggling city Centers
(67.80% unreached)	Young, single and single-parent minority renters living in very low-income city neighborhoods throughout the South  	221	69.28%	
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 	86	26.96%	
Lower Income Essentials
(67.56% unreached)	Lower-income empty-nesting couples and aging seniors, living in out of the way towns in aging houses and mobile homes 	9	2.82%	

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	3,417	69.18%	221	69.42%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	1,394	28.23%	90	28.28%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	120	2.44%	8	2.57%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	2,089	42.3%	135	42.45%	

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	1,241	25%	29	25%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	281	6%	7	6%	
# 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	287	90%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	236	74%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	217	68%	
Movies-Attended Movie In Last 6 Months	207	65%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	206	64%	
Listening To Music	204	64%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	201	63%	

This mission site is located in the Southeastern 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)