Odyssey Networks, with headquarters in New York City, is a U.S. coalition of Abrahamic faith groups dedicated to media production and distribution Its member association is made up of denominations, organizations and individuals who encompass Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions in the United States. A list of members is available on Odyssey Networks. Odyssey Networks is a service of the National Interfaith Cable Coalition, established in 1987. In the late 1980s, the American religious community was shaken by widespread reports of financial mismanagement and personal misconduct on the part of several well-known television ministry personalities. In the wake of this news, leaders from the cable industry began to encourage a group of communications executives from Christian and Jewish faith groups to explore the possibility of starting a new religious channel for cable distribution. This group, which included not only the National Council of Churches and several of its large Protestant denominations, but the Mormon Church and the Roman Catholics, formally incorporated as a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation on December 23, 1987. The new company was called the National [ - ]

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