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