Ghanaian Migrants in Search of a Promised Land Abroad: The Role of Biblical Narrative in the Transcontinental Migration from Ghana

In this paper, we examine the influence of biblical narratives on the transcontinental migration from Ghana to Europe and the rest of the West. This paper adopts a case study approach and examines how two neo-prophetic churches in Ghana, relying on biblical narratives, incorporate migration into their theology and ministry. This paper shows that biblical narratives, such as the call of Abraham and the exodus experience of the Jews, influence the teaching and ministerial practices of the churches. This paper further sheds light on how coloniality, failed state, and economic injustice, among others, underpin and interrelate with the situation of the migrants, their motivation, and their actions within the migration and religion ecosystem. Under the influence of prosperity theology, these churches reinforce the belief that migration from Ghana to Europe, North America, and the rest of the developed world is a journey to the Promised Land.