First Baptist Church of Lamesa recently was recognized by the Baptist General Convention for its financial contributions to the organization’s cooperative program.That program provides funding to help support an array of Texas Baptists’ missions ranging from hospitals and orphanages to Baptist colleges and other ministries.“We were the number-one church in cooperative giving in our size category,” said Jim Medley, pastor of First Baptist Church.The local church was the top contributor among all churches in the convention with average attendance between 100 and 199 people.“The vast majority of the 5,333 churches in the Baptist General Convention of Texas are under 150 ...