Are there people in church who have never heard the gospel?
Yes. Many church people have never heard the gospel, even within America and local communities. Some have attended church all their lives and only later testified they had never heard the gospel before. They remain candidates for the preaching of the 144,000, while those who clearly heard and rejected it face condemnation.
Les explains that there are multitudes, even within America and our own communities, who have never heard the gospel, and he specifically identifies them as church people. He says many people in his classes told him they had never heard the gospel before, even though they had been in church all their life. He calls this a sad commentary but insists it is still the truth. He then connects this to the future preaching of the 144,000, saying the only ones completely condemned will be those who heard, plainly understood, were convicted, and then rejected it. Those who rejected will be first to embrace the Antichrist and take the mark of the beast, while believers have nothing to fear.