Abstract: American YMCA played an outstanding role in the creation of the Far Eastern Athletic Association. In the late 19th century, American YMCA matured enough to expand overseas missionary work in East Asia, which was considered to be an important heritage territory of "Christ" culture for the future. In 1912 Brown of the Philippines YMCA initiated the establishment of sports organization in East Asia, and successively gained supports from both China and Japan . In 1917 "the Far Eastern Athletic Association" was formally established, and it was the first regional international sports organization in the world. The mode of spreading "Christ" culture through sports, ushered by American YMCA, achieved great success. On one hand it made western sports and the American value system taking root in East Asia society, on the other hand it promoted the modernization process of East Asian societies.

Key words: the Far Eastern Athletic Association (FEAA), American YMCA, Sports Ministry, Elwood Stanley Brown, Jigoro KANO