AIZAWL: The largest and most powerful church in the Christian-dominated state of Mizoram, the Presbyterian Church, decided to make an appeal to the state government to prolong maternity leave for women in order to encourage married couples to have more babies.
The resolution was passed by delegates of the Synod conference, the highest decision making authority of the Prebyterian Church, on Saturday. The annual Synod conference was held at Republic Veng, the local church in Aizawl, from Tuesday and concluded on Sunday. A majority of the delegates from across the state said increase in population of church members and, the Mizos as a whole, has become important for their survival and prosperity.
They said population can be increased only by having more babies and one of the most important encouragements is extension of the days of maternity leave for women working in the state government as an incentive.
The decision to appeal to the state government to prolong maternity leave for women who have more babies has been accepted and the Synod conference authorised the Synod Executive Committee, the second highest decision-making authority of the Presbyterian Church, to pursue the matter with the state government. Not only the Presbyterian Church, the Baptist Church of Mizoram, the second largest church in the state, and other church denominations are also batting for baby boom in the state for survival as a minority religious community in the country, while the central committee of the Young Mizo Association (YMA), the largest and most powerful civil society group, also supported the decision.
The churches and the YMA are of the opinion that the Mizos, as a tribe and a religious minority, should increase their population for survival and have been encouraging couples to have more children.
The resolution was passed by delegates of the Synod conference, the highest decision making authority of the Prebyterian Church, on Saturday. The annual Synod conference was held at Republic Veng, the local church in Aizawl, from Tuesday and concluded on Sunday. A majority of the delegates from across the state said increase in population of church members and, the Mizos as a whole, has become important for their survival and prosperity.
They said population can be increased only by having more babies and one of the most important encouragements is extension of the days of maternity leave for women working in the state government as an incentive.
The decision to appeal to the state government to prolong maternity leave for women who have more babies has been accepted and the Synod conference authorised the Synod Executive Committee, the second highest decision-making authority of the Presbyterian Church, to pursue the matter with the state government. Not only the Presbyterian Church, the Baptist Church of Mizoram, the second largest church in the state, and other church denominations are also batting for baby boom in the state for survival as a minority religious community in the country, while the central committee of the Young Mizo Association (YMA), the largest and most powerful civil society group, also supported the decision.
The churches and the YMA are of the opinion that the Mizos, as a tribe and a religious minority, should increase their population for survival and have been encouraging couples to have more children.
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