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Jim’s ministry in Gospel music spans all the way back to 1961, when he started singing at the tender age of four with his parents in their home church. Soon after, they began singing at other churches in the area as their popularity grew. In the early days, the only instrument we sang to was my dad’s guitar and my…
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Shirley was fitting in quite nicely with her new husband, Jim, and her new in-laws, Warren and Betty. They enjoyed a long and prosperous ministry that allowed them to sing the gospel all over the region. After years of traveling and singing, Warren and Betty felt the need to leave The Profitts and come off the road. Jim and Shirley…
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Jim and Shirley wrote several songs together and included them on just about every project they worked on. The list of songs they wrote includes: There are many other songs that never saw the light of day, only because they were just learning to write songs and didn’t feel like they should be recorded. Jim states “We didn’t record some…
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After the heyday of “Jim and Shirley”, as they were known all over, Shirley’s health started declining rapidly. This made Jim rethink their busy schedule on the road for weeks at a time, so they could stay home more and tend to her needs. She took care of things at their house including the business side of their ministry, and…
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Jim has been singing all throughout the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s and 20s, spanning seven decades. First it was with mom and dad, then Shirley, mom and dad, just with Shirley after mom and dad retired from the road, and with Tina and Bryan in PROFITT. In all the years of singing and preaching the Gospel, one thing…
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Jim met Shirley Banks at their home church, Grand Avenue Church of God Tabernacle, and started dating when he was 15 and she was 14. It was just casual dating at first, but it wasn’t long before Jim got serous and proposed to her. She said yes, so they started planning their wedding and set a date. He started getting…
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Long ago, Jim Profitt started singing with his mom and dad, Warren and Betty Profitt when he was just four years old. Soon they were singing at every revival and church function around their home town of Middletown, OH and beyond. Growing up in a singing family, Jim quickly learned to sing every part of a song and also learned…
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Welcome to The Profitts legacy site! Take a moment to look around as we celebrate the legacy of Warren, Betty, Shirley and Jim Profitt.