REACHING CUSSETA, 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	Beulah Rd	GIS Latitude	32.724150	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-85.233590	
Zip Code	36852	Sitescape Category	Countryscape	
State Region	South Central Region	Sitescape Group	Distant Settlements	
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	0-7 MILES	7-10 MILES	10-15 MILES	
2010 Population	138,427	16,131	24,653	48,384	
2010 Households	57,938	6,683	10,337	19,665	
2010 Group Quarters	3,939	30	216	798	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is blue-collar, working families. Approximately 2406 households within the 0-7 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-7 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	2,406	35.99%	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	1,415	21.17%	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	1,033	15.45%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Grass-Roots Living segment. Approximately 805 households within the 0-7 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Grass-Roots Living
(69.62% unreached)	Less educated, racially diverse mix of middle-aged couples, families and singles living in lower-middle-class rural villages and aging industrial towns throughout the Midwest and South 	805	12.05%	
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 	710	10.62%	
Rural Southern Living
(58.60% unreached)	Low income, blue-collar couples and families scattered in sparsely settled mobile home communities across the South	622	9.31%	

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%	4,344	65%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	12,440	21.47%	1,079	16.15%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	5,831	10.06%	662	9.9%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	21,916	37.83%	2,633	39.4%	

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	8,421	15%	253	17%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	9,487	16%	285	19%	
# 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	5,873	88%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	5,490	82%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	5,023	75%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	4,877	73%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	4,563	68%	
Listening To Music	4,435	66%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	4,315	65%	

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)