FORT WORTH, Texas — Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary announced Sept. 23 that president Adam W. Greenway has resigned from his post effective immediately, citing financial and legal challenges the seminary faces as motivations for his resignation. The announcement follows an all-day meeting of the executive committee of the seminary’s board of trustees and the seminary administration on Sept. 22.
According to a statement released by Greenway, he stated, “Carla and I accepted the call to come back ‘home’ to Southwestern Seminary with an understanding of these challenges, but also with the strong desire to be part of the solution. What we failed to appreciate was the enormity of the reputational, legal, and financial realities that would welcome us to the Dome.”
Danny Roberts, chairman of the board of trustees and executive pastor at North Richland Hills Baptist Church, expressed the board’s “deepest appreciation” for Greenway’s three-plus years of service to his alma mater.
“He came to Southwestern Seminary during a difficult time of transition and has worked tirelessly to lead the institution to serve well the churches of the Southern Baptist Convention,” Roberts said of Greenway. “Among his other accomplishments, President Greenway has assembled an impressive faculty of scholar-ministers who are daily impacting the lives of their students. He also provided steady leadership during the COVID pandemic, which dramatically altered the delivery of theological education.” [Read more…]