TikTok博主实测教会求助婴儿奶粉引网议：Ohio州North Canton教会回应称来电系摆拍
位于美国俄亥俄州斯塔克县North Canton市的North Canton Chapel教会，近日因一段TikTok实测视频受到网议。据《Repository》报报道，TikTok博主Nikalie Monroe长期以摆拍来电的方式测试全美各地教会是否愿意为一名母亲提供婴儿奶粉，她11月10日发布的视频测的正是这家教会，视频观看量超过4万次，教会已于11月11日在Facebook发文回应，主任牧师Brandon Marshall也就此接受采访。
Monroe在视频开头就说明来意：「我打这个电话，是想测试你们教会会不会帮忙喂一个挨饿的宝宝。」她在视频中化名Amber。接电话的教会接待员并不知道这是一通摆拍来电，她记下了Monroe的信息，表示会查看教会是否有存货，同时把她转介到位于Canton的怀孕与育儿中心（The Pregnancy & Parenting Center），并说明教会通常不直接提供婴儿奶粉。
育儿中心接线员的答复也被录进了视频。该接线员说，中心确实备有奶粉可以发放，但领取者须先登记成为中心的服务对象；领取奶粉或其他物资需要填写表格，并参加育儿课程赚取积分来换购，她也可以不经预约直接上门，但无论如何都要先成为服务对象。
这段视频在TikTok上获得超过4万次观看，大量评论与评价涌向教会与育儿中心，要求两家机构给出交代，认为既然接电话的人当时都以为对方是一位真的缺奶粉的母亲，就应该做得更多。教会11月11日在Facebook发文回应称：「我们想说清楚：视频里这通电话是一次摆拍互动，并不属实。我们理解，一段显示一位母亲被拒绝帮助的视频为什么会让人难受。如果是我们，我们也会不安。」帖文还说，这段视频已带来关于该教会的不实信息，包括许多从未与该教会打过交道的人留下的评论与评价。
Marshall对《Repository》报说，他是从一位会众那里第一次听说这段视频，看后感到难过。他说：「我担心人们会对我们教会有错误的印象，尤其是在网络环境里，意图有时候很难被理解，我当时就是为此担心。」他表示，这家教会与该育儿中心已合作近20年，中心最有能力为有需要的人提供帮助，也是教会众多本地合作伙伴之一；教会员工已经开会讨论，重点是如何对每一位来电者保持体恤之心。
Marshall说，在他看来，那位接待员「展现了基督的心肠」：她非常友善，非常关心来电者，所做的正是她受训要做的事。他说：「我们希望确保所有这些需求都尽可能得到满足，这正是我们把人转介到其他机构、与它们合作的原因。那些机构装备更好，能提供更完整的健康与帮助图景。」
对于Monroe的做法，Marshall表示，他感激她所做的事，但不确定她使用的平台是否合适。他说：「我能理解她，因为她似乎想把光照在一个对我来说同样重要的议题上，就是我们要代表耶稣。不过我最担心的是，这个平台实在不利于把话说全。如果她当时问我们为什么与那家机构合作，我们很乐意与她好好谈，可惜这正是缺失的一环，而Facebook和TikTok恰恰不利于这样的对话。」
教会的Facebook帖文指出这通电话是摆拍，但许多评论指出，接待员并不知道来电是摆拍，她是把Monroe当作一位真实来电者在应对。Marshall也承认，Monroe在这通对话里占了上风，因为她已经对其他教会重复打过几十次同样的电话。他说：「这让教会处在一个不幸的位置，因为我们面对的是一个已经做过几十次这件事的人。不过我不想为我们自己辩护，耶稣没有叫我们这样做。耶稣说要转过另一边脸，这正是我们今天努力在做的。」他说，任何有疑问的人都可以直接给教会打电话。《Repository》报称，该报已向Monroe与育儿中心留言寻求置评。
TikTok Baby-Formula Test Draws Backlash for Ohio Church: North Canton Chapel Says the Call Was Staged
A TikTok creator's staged baby-formula test has drawn online backlash for North Canton Chapel in North Canton, Stark County, Ohio. According to The Canton Repository, TikToker Nikalie Monroe stages calls to churches across the nation to see whether they would give a mother baby formula, and the video she posted on November 10 testing North Canton Chapel has received more than 40,000 views on TikTok. The church responded in a Facebook post on November 11, and its lead pastor, Brandon Marshall, spoke to the Repository about the call.
Monroe says at the start of the video: "So I'm calling to test your church to see if they would help feed a starving baby." She went by the name Amber in the call. The church receptionist, who was not aware it was a staged call, took Monroe's information, said she would check whether the church had any supplies, and directed Monroe to The Pregnancy & Parenting Center in Canton, stating that the church does not usually help with baby formula.
The parenting center's reply was also recorded. Its receptionist said the center does hold formula that it gives out, but anyone who receives formula or any of its other items must be established as a client. To receive supplies, she said, a person would have to fill out paperwork and participate in parenting classes to earn points to purchase supplies, or could come in without an appointment but would still have to become a client.
The interaction received over 40,000 views on TikTok, with many commenters and reviewers asking for accountability from the church and the center, saying both should have done more since both believed they were speaking with a real mother in need. The church responded on Facebook on November 11: "We want to be clear: the phone call depicted in this video was a staged interaction and this is not genuine. We understand why a video showing a mother refused help would be upsetting. We would be troubled by that, too." The post said the video had led to misinformation about the church, including online comments and reviews from people who have never personally interacted with it.
Marshall told the Repository he first heard about the video from a congregation member and was saddened by it. "I was worried that people might get the wrong impression about our church and especially in an online context sometimes intentions can be really hard to understand and I was just worried about that," he said. He said the chapel has partnered with the parenting center for nearly two decades, that the center is poised to make the biggest impact for people in need, and that it is one of the church's many local partners. He said church staff have talked and are focusing on how to be compassionate to those who call.
Marshall said the receptionist was, in his words, "displaying the heart of Christ": she was very kind, very concerned for the caller, and did what she was trained to do. "We want to make sure that all those needs are met as best as possible, and that's why we direct to other agencies; that's why we partner. Those agencies are just better equipped to give a more fuller picture of health and help someone," he said.
Of Monroe's work, Marshall said he is grateful for what she is doing but unsure about the platform she uses. "I can appreciate it because she seems to want to shine a light on something that is important to me too, that we want to represent Jesus," he said. "However, my biggest concern, again, is that the platform isn't really conducive to the fuller conversation. If she would have asked why do you partner with the organization, we would have happily had that conversation but that's the missing piece that unfortunately Facebook and TikTok are not conducive to doing."
The church's Facebook post noted that the call was staged, but many comments pointed out that the receptionist did not know that and was interacting with Monroe as if she were a real caller. Marshall acknowledged that Monroe had the upper hand, since she had repeated the same call dozens of times with other churches. "It puts the church in an unfortunate situation in the sense that we're dealing with somebody who has done this dozens of times. ... but I don't want to defend ourselves. That's not what Jesus calls us to do. Jesus says to turn the other cheek and so that's what we're trying to do even today," he said. He said anyone with questions is free to call the church. The Repository said it left messages with Monroe and the parenting center seeking comment.
来源：坎顿《Repository》报
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图片来源：图：North Canton市政中心与街钟资料图（经Wikimedia Commons），非涉事教会建筑，已裁为精确16:9。/ North Canton civic center and street clock (file photo via Wikimedia Commons); not the church building. Pre-cropped to an exact 16:9 frame.
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