Bill Crews (Australian clergyman)
- Bill Crews (Australian clergyman)
Rev Bill Crews is an Australian Uniting Church Minister who established the Exodus Foundation to assist homeless and abandoned youth. His organisation provides free meals to 400 people each day, and runs a tutorial centre to help educate children who have dropped out of the system.
Profile
Crews was born in England in 1944 but grew up in Australia. He studied electrical engineering with an interest in the properties of silicon, but later developed an alternative interest with the Wayside Chapel at Kings Cross. He became director of the Crisis Centre, a twenty-four hour counselling service, and helped establish a youth refuge. [cite web | url= http://2gb.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=103 | title=Bill Crews | publisher=Radio 2GB | accessdate=2008-08-03 ] He later left the Wayside Chapel and in 1986 was ordained as a minister in the Uniting Church. He was appointed to the Uniting Church in Ashfield, New South Wales, in the western suburbs of Sydney, and it was there that he established the Exodus Foundation.
His work has been recognised by many organisations. In 1998, he was named a National Living Treasure by the National Trust. In 1999, he was awarded an Order of Australia and in 2001, he was named Ashfield's Citizen of the Year.
He also hosts the radio program "Sunday Night with Bill Crews" on Sydney radio station 2GB.Guests have included Helen Reddy, Bob Hawke and Kerry O'Brien.
References
External links
* The Bill Crews Story [http://www.billcrews.com.au/html/submenu-pages/bill-crews-story.html]
* 2GB - Bill Crews [http://2gb.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=103]
* Sydney Morning Herald [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/04/1094234078629.html?from=storylhs]
* Australian of the Year [http://www.australianoftheyear.gov.au/pages/bio.asp?pID=20] .
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