The title most commonly used by Mormons to refer to God the Father. In LDS teaching, Heavenly Father is an exalted man with a physical body of flesh and bones and the literal father of the spirits of all humankind, having begotten them with a Heavenly Mother in a premortal existence (D&C 130:22; Gospel Topics: “Mother in Heaven”).
Heavenly Father is central to Mormon worship and prayer. Members are taught to pray to him in the name of Jesus Christ and to strive to become like him, believing his ultimate purpose is to help his children progress to exaltation and live in eternal families (Gospel Principles, ch. 47, “Exaltation”; Gospel Topics: “Exaltation”).
Unlike biblical Christianity, Mormonism does not confess the Trinity. Instead, Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost are understood as three separate beings united in purpose rather than one God in three persons. Biblical Christianity teaches that the Father is spirit (John 4:24), eternally God, uncreated, and equal in essence with the Son and the Holy Spirit.
