Greetings in Jesus' name! Dr. Philip Troutman joined Wycliffe Bible Translators USA in September, 2022. He serves as Assistant Professor in Applied Anthropology at Dallas International University, a major training center for Wycliffe USA and other Bible translation and mission agencies. His students are both undergraduates and graduate students. They come from a variety of countries including the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom. Philip teaches using online video conferencing software from his office in Bethany, Oklahoma.

Previously, Philip and his wife, Paula, served for eighteen years as missionaries for the Church of the Nazarene in Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa. Philip has also pastored English and Spanish-speaking congregations in Illinois, Texas, Kentucky, and Oklahoma. Currently, Philip and his wife are members of the Mustang Church of the Nazarene in Mustang, Oklahoma.

Philip and Paula have been married for 44 years. They have two grown, married sons and four grandchildren.