Bill Crews (minister)

William David Crews AM[1] (born 1944) is an Australian Christian minister of the Uniting Church.

[citation needed] Together with Ted Noffs, in 1978 they created the first Life Education Centre, that have since spread all over Australia, Hong Kong, Thailand, New Zealand, England and America, promoting drug avoidance and harm minimization strategies.

From 1996 to 2014, Exodus (in collaboration with MULTILIT) operated a literacy program which offered free remedial reading tuition to disadvantaged primary school children, with tutorial centres located in Ashfield, Redfern, Coen, Queensland and Darwin, Northern Territory.

Guests have included Clive James, Helen Reddy, Bob Hawke, and Kerry O'Brien.

Crews was the subject of a documentary film released in 2020, A War of Compassion, directed by Warwick Moss.

[citation needed] In 2001, Crews was named Ashfield Citizen of the Year for his contribution to the local community.

[citation needed] Crews is a patron of Australians For Just Refugee Programs and chairman of Fair Go Australia – an anti-racism project sponsored by the NSW Government through the Community Relations Commission.