Nickelodeon Star Kel Mitchell Baptizes Daughter on Her Eighth Birthday
Actor Kel Mitchell, best known for his role in the Nickelodeon sitcom "Kenan & Kel," shared that he cried "tears of joy" after he recently baptized his daughter on her eighth birthday. This weekend you gave me the greatest gift—I watched you get baptized and I cried tears of joy. A moment I'll never forget," Mitchell wrote in a July 22 Instagram post.
His wife, Asia Lee-Mitchell, posted video footage of Mitchell and his daughter standing in a baptismal pool with Pastor Garry Zeigler of the Los Angeles-based Spirit Food Center, where she and her husband serve as youth pastors.
When asked by Zeigler, "Have you made a profession of faith in Jesus Christ?", the 8-year-old answered in the affirmative, The Christian Post reported.
"Based upon your profession of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, we now baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit in Jesus' name," Zeigler said, which was followed by cheers from the congregation.
"Such a blessed 8th Birthday Weekend for Wizzy. She was nervous but fought through her fear and is excited to tell the World," wrote Lee-Mitchell. "She is God's very own."
She also thanked her church for making their daughter "feel free to learn, love, and express her faith in Jesus."
"I pray she never forgets this day," Lee-Mitchell concluded.
The baptism of Mitchell's daughter comes nearly a decade after the actor shared how he came to Christ.
"I have been through so many ups and downs in my life," Mitchell shared in his testimony.
"Suicidal, divorce, drug and alcohol usage, deep in sin, dealing with the [loss] of [loved] ones to gang violence, debt, hurt, pain, vanity, lust, heartbreak, feeling LOST looking for answers. I have seen, felt, and been in all types of sin and have been done wrong by others," Mitchell added.
Despite "trying to figure it out all on my own," the actor realized he needed to "turn to Him."
"Once I found that clarity with Christ, I knew everything would work out," he said. "I let him in, and Life is GOOD now, my eyes have been opened. I have always known God, but now I have a true understanding of who he is and why I am here, and why God has kept me safe, and sinful ways are no longer around me because I am surrounded with the love of Jesus, and I have allowed him to make the decisions in my life. I study the word, I worship his name with praying and song."
Since 2019, Mitchell has served as a youth pastor at Spirit Food Center. Speaking to the Christian Post in a 2020 interview, Mitchell shared, "All through my life I've felt the call to be a pastor."
In 2022, Mitchell published his first book, Blessed Mode.
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Originally published August 06, 2025.
