Dr. Adam Greenway has dropped his lawsuit against Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SWBTS), according to a joint statement from Greenway and SWBTS on Sept. 9.
Greenway resigned as the Southern Baptist seminary’s president in September 2022.
While Greenway initially announced he would be accepting a new role at the SBC’s International Mission Board following his resignation, that did not come to pass, as Greenway said that he was not “able to find the Lord’s peace to move forward in that direction.”
Then in a June 2023 report, SWBTS accused Greenway of engaging “in a pattern of spending that…did not reflect proper stewardship of seminary resources.”
Included as examples of Greenway’s pattern of spending were expenditures of $59,865.79 for Christmas decorations at Greenway’s on-campus presidential residence, more than $25,000 for artwork, and $11,123.49 on an espresso machine and accessories.
Greenway later accused SWBTS of violating a non-disparagement agreement between the two parties, filing a defamation suit against the school in March. In the lawsuit, Greenway claimed that SWBTS’s public accusations against him made him “unemployable.”
Now, Greenway has dropped the lawsuit.
Adam Greenway Drops Lawsuit Against SWBTS
“We are grateful to have this resolution between Southwestern Seminary and its ninth president, Dr. Adam W. Greenway,” a joint statement posted to SWBTS’s website read. “No monetary consideration was paid as part of this resolution.”
“The trustees and Dr. Greenway are looking forward to putting this matter behind us and moving on to focus our energies and efforts on following God’s plans for the next chapters of our respective lives and ministries,” the statement continued. “We pray that God will richly bless the Greenway family as well as Southwestern Seminary in the years ahead.”
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That same day, SWBTS released a separate statement, in which it claimed that it had been vindicated.
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