Abstract:
The church should retain Kingdom nature by witnessing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. However, this
concern should not prevent church boards and pastoral team from developing and providing the
very best navigational leadership for congregations: the church can borrow from the world of
general truth and knowledge. This study analyzes the influence of corporate governance practices
for healthy protestant churches in Kisii Municipality. The study is descriptive and a quantitative
methodology was used. The study made use of purposeful sampling and a total of 33 respondents
participated in the conduct of the study from eight protestant churches. A structured questionnaire
was used to collect data from respondents. The main finding of this study was that corporate
governance practices are in place and influence heathy protestant churches. Thus, the study
support current practice of corporate governance in the protestant churches Kisii Municipality and
recommends for strengthening of legal compliance, strategic leadership, ethical dealings and
accountability to enhance church growth, efficiency, effectiveness and promote a culture of
equipping and mobilizing members for ministry.