Report: Former SWBTS President Adam Greenway Threatens $5 Million Lawsuit

Adam Greenway
Photo by Adam Covington. Adam W. Greenway, president of Southwestern Seminary and chairman of the Committee on Order of Business, delivers a Committee on Order of Business report June 15, 2021, during the morning session of the two-day Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tenn.

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Adam Greenway was elected to the SWBTS presidency in 2019. His predecessor, Paige Patterson, was implicated in mishandling sexual abuse allegations within the Southern Baptist Convention. Greenway’s successor, David Dockery, was named in April 2023. Dockery had been serving as interim president since Greenway’s departure in September 2022.

In June 2023, the SWBTS board of trustees revealed that seminary leaders had run up a $140 million deficit over 20 years. Citing a pattern of financial mismanagement, the institution’s accreditor warned that the seminary has two years to make improvements.

ChurchLeaders reached out to Greenway for comment and will update this article in the event of a reply.

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