REACHING WEDOWEE, RANDOLPH, 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	1002-1714 County Road 329	GIS Latitude	33.410940	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-85.553060	
Zip Code	36278	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	North Central Region	Sitescape Group	Small Towns	
Association	Randolph  			

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	22,672	733	4,173	4,404	
2010 Households	7,496	255	1,444	1,657	
2010 Group Quarters	585	0	9	81	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is rural, agri. & mining families. Approximately 183 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-3 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	183	72.05%	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	27	10.63%	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	25	9.84%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Hinterland Fam. segment. Approximately 155 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Hinterland Fam.
(41.08% unreached)	Blue-collar, middle-aged families and couples settled in isolated towns and villages throughout the South 	155	60.78%	
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 	25	9.8%	
Hardy Rural Fam.
(60.86% unreached)	Predominantly middle-class, older Americans living rustic lifestyles in older single-family houses and mobile homes located in tiny towns and isolated villages 	23	9.02%	

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	4,574	61.02%	129	50.59%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	1,267	16.9%	24	9.59%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	506	6.75%	14	5.62%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	2,866	38.24%	90	35.4%	

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	1,832	24%	78	31%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	1,090	15%	47	18%	
# 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	227	89%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	209	82%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	184	72%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	176	69%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	165	65%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	160	63%	
Listening To Music	159	62%	

This mission site is located in the North Central 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)