Gender of God in Christianity

God in Christianity is represented by the Trinity of three hypostases or "persons" described as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

The personal name of God, YHWH, is presented in Exodus 3 as if the Y (Hebrew yod) is the masculine subjective prefix to the verb to be.

[10] "In the Bible, the earth is the feminine complement of God: the two combined to form man, who articulates their relationship, for example, in sacrifice.

"[11] Jesus Christ, the Son of God is referred to with masculine pronouns, and is generally noted to be a male gendered human being throughout the New Testament.

[14] This is a general trend in the early church patristics, using specifically motherly imagery but not feminine pronouns for God.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) #239 states, in reference to the Father: "God transcends the human distinction between the sexes.

[22][23] The LDS Church also teaches that God the Father is married to a divine woman, referred to as "Heavenly Mother".

[25] The New Century Hymnal, the hymnal of the United Church of Christ (UCC), uses inclusive language; one of its concerns while being authored was reducing the solely-masculine use of language for God, and/or balancing masculine images with feminine and non-gendered images, while retaining masculine imagery for Jesus regarding his earthly life.

[28] The Metropolitan Community Church encourages inclusive language[29] and uses "God—our Parent-Creator", "Jesus Christ the only begotten son of God", and "the Holy Spirit" in its Statement of Faith to refer to the three persons of the Trinity.

The British Methodist Church uses liturgy that includes prayers addressed to "God our Father and our Mother".

movie) The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity by William P. Young depicts God as a female.