Rikko Voorberg

Rikko Voorberg (born 1980[1]) is a Dutch theologian.

Rikko Voorberg (2016)

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 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
  1. Book review
  2. Bergwerff, Peter (15 November 2013). "Rikko Voorberg: Onbevangen buiten de lijntjes". Nederlands Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  3. "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.
  4. Mijn geloof heeft me geleerd géén genoegen te nemen met onrecht, zoals de positie van asielzoekers, nrc.next, 13 juli 2013
  5. "Rikko Voorberg doodgewenst om Benno L." EO Geloven (in Dutch). Evangelische Omroep. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
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