Career
Following graduation from university he moved to Kōbe and became an elementary school teacher. Matsubara subsequently felt a call to be an evangelist and attended Bible school (Shioya Seisho Gakusha) for one year to prepare for the ministry. He began independent evangelistic work in 1939.
During the postwar period, the Living Christ One Ear of Wheat Church has grown to include eighteen churches (primarily in the Nagoya and Kansai areas) and a membership of over one thousand.
