The Daily Populous Wednesday November 12nd, 2025 evening edition
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A Kentucky woman has gone viral on TikTok after posting a series of videos in which she calls various religious institutions to see if they will help feed a starving baby.

Nikalie Monroe has been calling churches saying that she has run out of formula for her two month old baby and asking if the church could help her procure food.

A number of churches have responded positively, ready to aid despite the request actually being a test, however, some churches have refused to offer help.

Woman posts TikTok calling Baton Rouge church asking for baby formula to feed starving child

Monroe first posted a video of her calling a Kentucky church and asking for baby formula on Oct. 31. Since then, she has posted a total of 37 videos of her calling churches in various states, asking for formula in order to see how they will respond.

Monroe started making these videos and conducting a sort of social experiment at a time when many individuals in the U.S. are struggling to put food on the table, for either themselves or for their children, because of cuts to SNAP benefits.

On Nov. 7, Monroe posted a video of her calling Living Faith Christian Center, a church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Monroe begins the video by saying, "I'm calling Living Faith Christian Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Let's call them and see if they would help feed a starving baby."

As the line rings, awaiting the church to pick up, a recording of a crying baby begins playing in the background.

The exterior of St. Boniface Catholic Church as seen, Thursday, September 25, 2025, in Manitowoc, Wis.

When the church answers, Monroe asks, "I was wanting to see if y'all could help with baby formula at all," she continues "I have a two month old and she ran out last night, so I just need a small can, cause she's gone all day and all night."

The initial person who answered the call at the church transfers Monroe to another individual, who Monroe proceeds to present her dilemma to. "We don't have any formula around, darling. I'm sorry, none. No diapers, anything for babies," the person on the line answered.

"Could that be something you all could get and I could just pick up?" Monroe tries again. "No, we can't right now. I'm sorry," the person replied, and the phone call ends there.

Baton Rouge pastor says woman posting tiktoks asking churches for baby formula to gauge responses is evil

Living Faith Christian Center in Baton Rouge, located at6375 Winbourne Ave., is led by founder and pastor Bishop Raymond W. Johnson. Johnson responded to Monroe's viral video during a sermon on Sunday.

"The person who goes around calling churches and putting the voice of a baby crying in the background. And I say, really the person is low. So, you know, like I teach these men over here, folk wanna apologize. I don't apologize to the devil. Sometimes Christians get so weak, you forgot we supposed to rebuke evil. So if you could pretend to have a crying baby to try to call churches to trick people into things," said Johnson regarding Monroe's phone call and video during his sermon.

Johnson then says that Living Faith has fed thousands of people, but the church does not advertise it. The pastor also said the staff gives money out of their pocket, and that he has lent his own credit card to women with children who had nowhere to live.

"And I say, we in the middle of feeding people, how you gone do your little dirty deed? And you know, it's just the spirit of a witch. It's a witch. And my Bible say he do not allow that thing to live. So, you have to watch when you fooling with God," Johnson circles back to condemn Monroe's experiment.

Viral response to Baton Rouge pastor

Social media, of course, had its opinions of the situation. Here are a few of the responses.

Presley Bo Tyler is a reporter for the Louisiana Deep South Connect Team for Gannett/USA Today. Find her on X @PresleyTyler02 and email at PTyler@Gannett.com

This article originally appeared on Shreveport Times: Baton Rouge pastor says woman is 'evil witch' for calling for baby formula

Dewlig on November 12nd, 2025 at 05:03 UTC »

I think he's just mad. According to the Bible, witchcraft is the practice of magical arts, spells, and rituals that involve invoking supernatural powers from sources other than God.

MW240z on November 12nd, 2025 at 04:36 UTC »

What spirit do they have refusing to help a family in need?

cmcrich on November 12nd, 2025 at 03:43 UTC »

Churches like that don’t actually practice Christianity, they only preach it.