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1989-1992, Philip Powell. CWM publishes a quarterly magazine, ''Contending Earnestly for The Faith'' (CETF), of which Philip Powell is the editor (B. Michael Bigg assistant editor) and to which a number of authors from different backgrounds contribute, including

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, Bill Randles, Mike Gendron, Aeron Morgan, Jeffrey Whittaker, Mark Mullins, Roger Winter-Smith, and Larry DeBruyn. CWM also runs a bookshop and conducts Bible conferences and ministry tours featuring the above speakers plus Justin Peters and Peter Stokes. CWM is a watchman

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ministry.

History

Philip Powell left the Australian

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in 1992, believing that the church was preaching false doctrines and supporting false prophets and teachers. After his departure from the AOG, Powell became associated with others, who have come to similar conclusions. Philip with his wife, Kathleen launched Christian Witness Ministries in 1994, and began to publish a quarterly magazine entitled ''Contending EARNESTLY for THE Faith (CETF)'' out of

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. There are now clearing offices in Australia and the UK as well as in New Zealand. The magazine is now published from

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