No, they cannot. Unbelievers are never placed into the body of Christ.
The Holy Spirit baptizes every true believer into the body of Christ at the moment of salvation. An unsaved person is not a child of God and therefore cannot be part of Christ's body. Local church membership is different — it may include unsaved people, but the body of Christ contains only born-again believers.
1 Corinthians 12:12-13 — This passage explains that all believers are baptized by one Spirit into the one body of Christ, which is the body of Christ.
Scripture describes the body of Christ as a single body made up of many members. In 1 Corinthians 12:12, Paul says, 'For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.' The following verse identifies how people enter that body: 'For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.' Paul does not speak of anyone being put into the body of Christ apart from the Holy Spirit's baptism. This is the act that makes a person a member of Christ's body. The passage does not say that unsaved people are included, because the context is believers — 'we all' are baptized by one Spirit into one body.
Les Feldick teaches that the body of Christ is a universal company of born-again believers, not a local church organization. He says that while local churches may have unsaved people on their rolls, 'there are no unbelievers in the body of Christ' (Clip 4). He repeats this in strikingly direct terms in Clip 1: 'what about the unbeliever? Are they members of the body of Christ? No. No, they can't be. They're unsaved. Only the saved go into the body of Christ.' Les insists that no one enters the body by water baptism or by having their name added to a church roll. Instead, the Holy Spirit automatically and immediately places every true believer into the body of Christ at the moment of faith. As Les says, 'the only baptism that really counts for eternity is this one, the one that places the true, genuine believer into the body of Christ' (Clip 1). He points out that even the most unspiritual believer is still a member of the body, because the Spirit baptized all believers into it (Clip 3). That is why the existence of unsaved people in local church membership does not change the truth about Christ's body. No unsaved person ever receives the Holy Spirit's baptism into that body.
Les Feldick draws a clear line between membership in a local congregation and being a member of Christ's body. He observes that every church takes in people for members that are not saved, and 'there's no way they can screen them, because we can't look on the heart' (Clip 2). But even if unsaved people are baptized and their names are on a church roll, they are not in the body of Christ. 'No unsaved person ever is baptized by the Holy Spirit into the body of Christ' (Clip 2).
The Holy Spirit does this at the moment of salvation. Les says, without any other action: 'first you had to believe the gospel and the Holy Spirit automatically, immediately, the moment we believe, verse 13, for by one Spirit' (Clip 6). 1 Corinthians 12:13 teaches that by one Spirit 'we all' are baptized into the one body. Paul writes, 'whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.' This includes every true believer, not just the 'spiritual elite' (Clip 0, Clip 7).
Les says some believers 'are far more unspiritual than other believers, but we're still members of the body' (Clip 3). Entrance into the body is not based on a level of spirituality or experience; it is based on the Holy Spirit's baptism at salvation. 'Every true believer, regardless of where he is, or regardless of how great an experience he's had, we are all members of the Body of Christ' (Clip 7).
The body of Christ compared to the human body
Les teaches from 1 Corinthians 12:12-13 that all believers are members of the body of Christ, just as all parts of a human body belong to one body.
Unbelievers are not in the body
Les explicitly answers that unbelievers cannot be members of the body of Christ — only saved people are placed there by the Holy Spirit.
No unsaved person enters the body
Les explains that while church rolls may include many unsaved people, no unsaved person is ever Spirit-baptized into the body of Christ.
All believers are in the body
Les shows from 1 Corinthians 12:13 that all believers, even unspiritual ones, are members of the body.
Local church membership is not the body
Les says the local church contains believers and unbelievers, but the body of Christ contains only those whom the Holy Spirit places there after salvation.
Water baptism does not put anyone in the body
Les contrasts water baptism with Spirit baptism: you can baptize and enroll unsaved people in a local church, but they are not in the body of Christ.
Spirit baptism happens at salvation
Les emphasizes that the Holy Spirit automatically places the believer into the body at the moment of faith — no preacher or personal decision accomplishes this.
Every true believer is Spirit-baptized
Les teaches that every true believer, regardless of spiritual maturity or experience, is a member of the body of Christ because the Holy Spirit baptized them into it.
1 Corinthians 12:12: For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
Paul uses the human body as an illustration of the body of Christ.
1 Corinthians 12:13: For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
This verse states that entrance into the body of Christ is an act of the Holy Spirit.
No. Les Feldick explains that local church rolls can contain unsaved people, but the body of Christ is the universal company of born-again believers who have been baptized into it by the Holy Spirit. No unsaved person is ever part of that body.
No. Les teaches that 'some preacher didn't baptize you into it.' It is the Holy Spirit who baptizes the believer into the body of Christ at the moment of salvation. Water baptism may make someone a member of a local church, but it does not place that person into Christ's body.
Yes. According to Les, every true believer is baptized by the Holy Spirit into the body of Christ. Being unspiritual does not remove a believer from the body; it simply describes the condition of a member.
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