The Boys’ Brigade Asia has been formed out of a desire to maintain the unity, purpose and specific character of The Boys’ Brigade everywhere. It came into being to give The Boys’ Brigade an international organisation which would advance its growth, interest and cause.

On 7 May 2002, at the East Asia Regional Fellowship meeting held in Bangkok, Thailand, the idea of The Boys’ Brigade Asia was first mooted and a Pro-tem Committee formed under the chairmanship of Mr Michael Moorthy, the Brigade President of BB Malaysia. The paper proposing the new international confederation came from Mr Lim K Tham of The Boys’ Brigade Singapore.

The Boys’ Brigade Asia was officially inaugurated on 26 July 2003 in Johor Baru, Malaysia when The Boys’ Brigade representatives from Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand signed a memorandum of agreement giving birth to the regional association.