Mary Magdalene
Does Mary Magdalene meet the requirements for being an apostle? She knew Jesus when he was alive. She saw Jesus after he rose from the dead. Aren't these typical tests for apostleship?

I guess the question remains whether Jesus sent her as an apostle or not. If he did, would it have been all that bad? And is it possible that the men in the early church didn't support her for whatever reason (most likely cultural)?

Wasn't Peter wrong in Galatians for looking down on Gentiles? The apostles weren't perfect. Not everything they wrote was infallible or even inspired (i.e. Paul's missing letters to the Corinthians). So is it possible that their culture biased them to any ministry that Jesus intended for Mary Magdalene to have?

Could it also be that she had a significant ministry but none of it was recorded? This is the case with almost all of the apostles anyway. This would make her no different than the others, except for the fact that she was a woman.

It is difficult to reconcile the lack of mention of Mary Magdalene outside of the gospels with the possibility of her being an apostle.

However, the key issue for me is how comfortable is the Church universal in the possibility of her being an apostle or being intended to be an apostle? Obviously the Catholic church would not be ready to accept this idea. Neither would Southern Baptists.

I am very comfortable with this possibility. It definitely is an intriguing possibility, but is it really a topic that the church needs to circle the wagons on?