Dusman

One of the arguments that complementarians employ against women in ministry is the argument that God only used women as prophets and leaders in the Bible when there were no men available at the time. Is this really a valid argument?

No, it’s not, because it leads to a reductio ad absurdum (reduces this specific argument to absurdity). Here’s how:

Premise 1: If some complementarians teach that God only uses women as prophets and spiritual leaders when there are no spiritually qualified men available, then such would apply to the 1st Century NT era as well.

Premise 2: There were female prophets and bible teachers in the 1st Century, New Testament era (Acts 2:17; 18:26; 21:9; 1 Cor. 11:5; Titus 2:3-5).

Conclusion: Therefore, there were no spiritually qualified men in the 1st Century NT era.

Obviously, the above syllogism shows the absurdity of this argument. :-)>