Rikko Voorberg
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Rikko Voorberg (born 1980[1]) is a Dutch theologian.
Biography
Voorberg was born into a minister's family, the second child of Paul Voorberg, minister in the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated).
He was educated at Greijdanus College in Zwolle,[2] and then studied theology at the Theological University of the Reformed Churches in Kampen.[3] He moved to Amsterdam and worked for a fledgling Protestant church, and in 2012 started an experimental religious theater group, StroomWest.[4] Since 2013 he is in charge of the so-called "PopUp church", and writes columns for nrc.next and Nederlands Dagblad, and helped found the Vluchtkerk, a church organization in Amsterdam that supports refugees whose applications have been denied.[3] That same year he hosted the EO-Jongerendag, an annual gathering of Christian youth organized by the Evangelische Omroep.
He made headlines [citation needed] in 2014 when he started a Facebook group (called "Benno L., welcome on our street") which argued for a "humane treatment" of a convicted child sex offender, which earned him both praise and threats.[5]
References
- ^ Book review
- ^ Bergwerff, Peter (15 November 2013). "Rikko Voorberg: Onbevangen buiten de lijntjes". Nederlands Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ^ a b "Rikko Voorberg over de vluchtkerk - Knevel en Van den Brink" (in Dutch). Evangelische Omroep. 30 May 2013. Archived from the original on 14 July 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ^ Mijn geloof heeft me geleerd géén genoegen te nemen met onrecht, zoals de positie van asielzoekers, nrc.next, 13 juli 2013
- ^ "Rikko Voorberg doodgewenst om Benno L." EO Geloven (in Dutch). Evangelische Omroep. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.