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from His Grace Magazine
by His Grace
August 2022 His Grace Magazine! Page 13
Nichelle Nichols
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How 'Star Trek' Nichelle Nichols shared the Gospel with William Shatner
Nichelle Nichols, best known for her role in the TV classic series "Star Trek: the original series and Movies," as Lt. Nyota Uhura, passed away on Saturday, July 30th. The one thing that is astonishing is that the main stream media has left out the most important part of her life, that she was a Christian. Also, the surprising way that she helped share the Gospel with co-star William Shatner (Captain Kirk), and how that changed his life.
To many of her fans, Nichols was known for creating a new trail for black women in the entertainment industry. After the first season of Star Trek, Nichelle was thinking of leaving the series, but it was Martin Luther King Jr. who talked with her and convinced her to stay on the TV show. Martin Luther King Jr. told her, "You cannot abdicate your position. You are changing the minds of people across the world, because, for the first time, through you, we see ourselves
and what can be."
Nichelle was a woman of deep, strong and abiding Christian faith.
Dylan Novak, known as the "Celebrity Evangelist," shared a story on Facebook about when he met Nichelle in 2016 at a comic convention. It was at the convention where he learned, after telling Nichelle about the Gospel, that he knew she was already
a believer in Christ. He remembered her telling him, "No fan has ever cared about my eternal life before."
Dylan then told of the powerful way that Nichelle had contributed to his effort to tell William Shatner about the Gospel. Dylan said, "She went on to share her testimony of coming to know Jesus as her personal Lord and Savior. She asked if
I was going to share
Jesus with William
Shatner, who was at the same comic convention. I told her I was, and she handed me a hundred dollars and said, 'It's on me.
Go show him Jesus love.'" Dylan also said, "After leaving
Mr. Shatner's line (which was right next to hers), she clapped and asked me how he responded, and told me she would start praying for him more."
For many years now Dylan has been a youth pastor in Knoxville, Tennessee, has traveled all over the country, sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with all actors, authors and musicians.
We are asking you to pray for all the loved ones of Nichelle Nichols, as she was 89 years old.
