Cities with Few Churches — Church Planting

We have identified a number of cities which have very few known Fundamental churches compared to the population size. These cities would appear to have good potential for church planting. While there may be a few Fundamental churches in these communities, it is likely that there would be suburbs and sections greatly in need of a strong, Gospel-preaching church ministry. We would encourage prayerful on-site investigation to substantiate the need and potential for church planting.

City State 2000 pop. City State 2000 pop.
Abilene TX 126,555 Lexington KY 479,198
Albany GA 120,822 Lincoln NE 250,291
Alexandria LA 126,337 Lubbock TX 242,628
Appleton WI 358,365 McAllen TX 569,463
Auburn AL 115,092 Merced CA 210,554
Bakersfield CA 661,645 Missoula MT 95,802
Barnstable MA 162,582 Modesto CA 446,997
Baton Rouge LA 602,894 Monroe LA 147,250
Beaumont TX 385,090 Naples FL 251,377
Bismarck ND 94,719 Odessa TX 237,132
Boise ID 432,345 Pocatello ID 75,565
Bryan TX 152,415 Provo UT 368,536
Clarksville TN 207,033 Reno NV 339,486
Corpus Christi TX 380,783 Salinas CA 401,762
Corvallis OR 78,153 Salt Lake City UT 1,333,914
Dover DE 126,697 San Angelo TX 104,010
Dubuque IA 89,143 San Luis Obispo CA 246,681
Eau Claire WI 148,337 Santa Barbara CA 399,347
El Paso TX 679,622 Santa Fe NM 147,635
Eugene OR 322,959 Shreveport LA 392,302
Fargo ND 174,367 Sioux City IA 124,130
Fayetteville AR 311,121 Spokane WA 417,939
Florence AL 142,950 Springfield MA 591,932
Fresno CA 922,516 Springfield IL 201,437
Gainesville FL 217,955 St Joseph MO 102,490
Green Bay WI 226,778 Stockton CA 563,598
Honolulu HI 876,156 Texarkana TX 129,749
Houma LA 194,477 Toledo OH 618,203
Iowa City IA 111,006 Topeka KS 169,871
Jackson MS 440,801 Tulsa OK 803,235
Jonesboro AR 82,148 Tyler TX 174,706
Killeen TX 312,952 Visalia CA 368,021
Lafayette LA 385,647 Waco TX 213,517
Laredo TX 193,117 Wausau WI 125,834
Las Cruces NM 174,682 Wichita Falls TX 140,518
Lawrence KS 99,962 Yuba City CA 139,149
Lawton OK 114,996      

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