Joseph Smith taught, "Many men say there is one God; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are only one God! I say that is a strange God anyhow - three in one, and one in three!... He would be a wonderfully big God - he would be a giant or a monster" (Joseph Smith History of the Church of Latter-day Saints, volume 6 p. 476).

The Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith [initially] taught that Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are one God.

Doctrine and Covenants (20:28) - "Which Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are one God, infinite and eternal, without end. Amen".   2 Nephi (31:21) - "And now, behold, this is the doctrine of Christ, and the only and true doctrine of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, which is one God, without end. Amen".  Alma (11:44) - "Christ the Son, and God the Father, and the Holy Spirit, which is one Eternal God".

From my research, today's Mormon missionaries believe in 3 Gods (well, 4 if you include Heavenly Mother) and 1 Godhead. Historical Christianity believes in 1 God and 1 Godhead.

But does one Eternal God mean three different Gods to you?

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