REACHING TROY, PIKE, 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	201-299 Mike St	GIS Latitude	31.773110	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-85.971090	
Zip Code	36079	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	Southeastern Region	Sitescape Group	Medium Towns	
Association	Salem-Troy 			

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	30,599	11,514	7,547	6,495	
2010 Households	13,233	4,908	3,127	2,934	
2010 Group Quarters	1,397	1,388	0	9	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is high density, inner-city neighborhoods. Approximately 2059 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	2,059	41.94%	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	1,215	24.75%	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	523	10.65%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Comfy Country Living segment. Approximately 822 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Comfy Country Living
(61.13% unreached)	Older, empty-nesting college-educated couples and retirees reside in quiet small-town communities	822	16.75%	
College Town Communities
(82.95% unreached)	Young, single and college educated households and students living in and around college oriented communities  	369	7.52%	
Steadfast Conservative
(68.53% unreached)	Home to high-school educated mature singles and couples living in middle-class urban blue-collar neighborhoods  	357	7.27%	

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	8,869	67.02%	3,329	67.83%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	2,819	21.31%	932	18.99%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	968	7.32%	454	9.24%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	5,345	40.39%	2,010	40.96%	

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	3,147	24%	1,139	23%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	1,217	9%	441	9%	
# 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	3,990	81%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	3,561	73%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	3,448	70%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	3,421	70%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	3,402	69%	
Listening To Music	3,233	66%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	3,112	63%	

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)