Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth has settled a lawsuit filed by a former president who said he resigned after pressure from leadership because he disagreed politically with leaders and donors at the seminary.
Adam Greenway, the former president, won’t get any money in the settlement, according to court documents. The agreement did require Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary to issue a joint statement, something Greenway’s original lawsuit, filed in March, said would happen, but didn’t.
The statement said both the seminary and Greenway “are grateful for this resolution” and that seminary leadership prays that “God will richly bless the Greenway family and Southwestern Seminary in the years to come.”
The joint statement was released on September 9, but the seminary changed its tune the same day when it issued an individual statement. According to the seminary, Greenway had gone to leadership the day before his hearing and offered to drop the case.
“We believe the manner in which this resolution was written not only exonerates the seminary, but also demonstrates that the allegations in the lawsuit were without merit,” the statement said. “Grateful for the favor God has bestowed upon the seminary since the fall of 2022, we are now eager to refocus our full energy and resources on carrying out the mission of Southwestern Seminary.”
Greenway alleged in the lawsuit that he was pressured to resign because he publicly said the seminary and churches in America should not focus on politics or support for former President Donald Trump.
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The seminary responded at the time with a statement saying that Greenway was encouraged to resign due to mismanagement of funds. Greenway’s lawsuit said that was not true and that the documentation was created or manipulated to appear so after his public statements and was used to pressure his resignation.
The lawsuit required the joint statement to be released, and the seminary to ship boxes of Greenway’s personal belongings. The settlement also prohibited Greenway from saying anything negative about the seminary, his term as president, or the manner in which he resigned. The seminary leadership agreed not to say anything negative about Greenway or his time as president.
Greenway served as chairman from 2019 to 2022.
