Music in an integral part of worship, especially in Christian churches in Africa. Missionaries 'imported' English hymns. Early converts to Christianity, more so in the Protestant circles, composed their own vernacular songs. In recent times, church music is a vibrant industry with gospel singers, gospel music composers, 'professional' choirs loaded with high tech instruments and flashy uniforms. The quest of this paper is to provide a historical perspective and theological analysis of church music in Kenya.