REACHING OPELIKA, LEE, 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	601-699 Meadow Ave	GIS Latitude	32.635550	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-85.380920	
Zip Code	36801	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	South Central Region	Sitescape Group	Medium Towns	
Association	Tuskegee Lee 			

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	138,427	21,688	47,041	25,944	
2010 Households	57,938	8,884	20,697	11,533	
2010 Group Quarters	3,939	504	2,642	789	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is high density, inner-city neighborhoods. Approximately 3195 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	3,195	35.98%	
Upscale Communities	Affluent, White-collar Families	2,322	26.15%	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	1,524	17.16%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Steadfast Conservative segment. Approximately 728 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  	728	8.19%	
Getting By
(76.15% unreached)	Very low income minority single and single-parent households located in dense neighborhoods of small cities 	698	7.86%	
Small Town Success
(69.25% unreached)	White-collar, college educated, middle-aged working couples living in newly developed subdivisions outside the nation's beltways	589	6.63%	

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	40,029	69.09%	6,162	69.36%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	12,440	21.47%	2,078	23.39%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	5,831	10.06%	654	7.36%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	21,916	37.83%	3,498	39.37%	

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	8,421	15%	1,278	14%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	9,487	16%	1,441	16%	
# 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	7,583	85%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	6,959	78%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	6,329	71%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	6,170	69%	
Listening To Music	6,074	68%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	5,944	67%	
Movies-Attended Movie In Last 6 Months	5,929	67%	

This mission site is located in the South 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)