The Migrational Triune God: A Study from Migrant Perspectives

Churches are valuable places for migrants to settle in new locations, regardless of diverse cultural backgrounds. Within migrant contexts, the Nicene Creed itself is a result of cross-cultural engagement, reflecting migrational aspects to establishing church unity. This paper explores the Nicene Creed from a migrant perspective and suggests shifting from the traditional Trinity to a “Migrational Trinity”. First, it examines God the Father as the Father of migrants, based on the Old Testament. Second, it considers God the Son, Jesus Christ, as the incarnational migrant, moving from heaven to earth and into a historical migrant. Third, it describes the Holy Spirit as the migrating Spirit, because the symbolizing of the Spirit emphasizes movement, which inherently signifies migration. By interpreting the Trinity through a migrant lens, this study suggests Trinity Sunday readings.