Would your church help if you said your baby had no formula? That question is at the center of a viral experiment that is raising concerns about how churches respond to urgent needs.
Nikalie Monroe began calling churches and religious centers pretending to be a mother who ran out of baby formula. She asked each place if they could help her, and the videos quickly went viral, igniting a nationwide debate.
“Then I started adding the baby,” Monroe told SAN, referencing the audio recording of a crying baby she played in the background. The change made the scenario feel more urgent…