How Revival Starts at Home: Christian Parenting & Family Discipleship with Mutheu Esilaba

What if revival could begin in your living room through simple moments of faith with your kids?

In this kickoff episode for the new season of the Collide Kids Podcast, host Christen Clark sits down with Mutheu Esilaba, family ministry director and lifelong disciple-maker from Nairobi, Kenya. Together, they dive into practical ways Christian parenting can ignite purpose, spiritual growth, and inspiration in family life—revealing how even the busiest families can make time to raise kids rooted in faith at home and spark a hunger for God across generations.

• [00:02:49] Mutheu’s journey: From Nairobi, Kenya to family ministry in Michigan
• [00:13:18] What “revival” means for Gen Z, Gen Alpha, and Christian families today
• [00:20:28] Practical steps for discipleship and spiritual growth in the home
• [00:27:41] Real stories of transformation—kids, parents, and revival at church

Resources:

• Website: collidekidspodcast.com, upeoshop.com

• Instagram: @collidekidspod

Quote Finder:

Cultural Perspectives on Poverty: "And we went to this like soup kitchen and all the Westerners are like, this is so sad. And we're like, this is great food. What's the problem? So it was just so interesting."
— Mutheu Esilaba [00:08:16 → 00:08:27]

Viral Topic: Kids Want a Bigger God  
"And began to watch kids and students desire a bigger God than we were offering and need a bigger God than we were offering because they were going through heavy things. And this cute little plastic one that fits in your pocket wasn’t big enough."
— Mutheu Esilaba [00:15:06 → 00:15:19]

Gen Z's Spiritual Hunger: "she's an expression of this, like, hungry, running to Jesus. I just want to give him my whole life."
— Mutheu Esilaba [00:17:07 → 00:17:13]

Viral Topic: The Power of a Simple Invitation  
Quote: "there's all these things we try to do to get kids to read the Bible. She's not even come to our student programming at this point."
— Mutheu Esilaba [00:18:00 → 00:18:05]

Viral Baptism Moment: "And this little boy came up and he was 10 years old and there were so Many baptisms that I had to go back there and help the community life team. So I'm looking at this kid, big eyes, he has tears in his eyes. And he's like, I want to get baptized."
— Mutheu Esilaba [00:24:28 → 00:24:40]

The Importance of Family Worship: "What we miss though is worshiping as a family."
— Mutheu Esilaba [00:28:14 → 00:28:17]

Viral Prayer for Community Impact: "I pray that there would be kids, students, parents, leading people to Jesus, that we would just start praying specifically by name for people you bring into our lives who don't know you or who are hurting, hurting. And that we would watch you work and be on the front row seat of that Lord."
— Mutheu Esilaba [00:34:07 → 00:34:07]

Viral Topic: How Faith Inspired My Social Enter

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