A Christian monument featuring stories of answered prayers has reached a major milestone, with its first concrete sections now in place.

The Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer is being built near Coleshill, Warwickshire. The 51m-high structure is designed in the shape of a Möbius strip and will feature one million bricks.

Each brick will be digitally linked to a personal account of an answered prayer. More than 10,000 stories have already been submitted.

The project is the idea of Richard Gamble, a former chaplain to Leicester City FC. The charity behind the monument reached its £40m fundraising target in November 2025.

At the time, Gamble told Premier Christian New more about how the idea came about.

“I was carrying a cross around my county… and God said, ‘build a landmark of a million bricks’. I’ve been on this rollercoaster journey for 11 years… it’s been incredible seeing miracle after miracle. We’ve hit our target to start building, though we still need more funds to make the site fully operational."

The site will include a visitor centre and 10 acres of green space. The monument will also be visible from major transport routes and Birmingham Airport.

Organisers estimate that about 800,000 people could see it each week.

The first 188 concrete sections have been manufactured at a factory in Portugal. The monument is expected to open in 2029.

Gamble said the project was intended to preserve stories of Christian faith for future generations.

“I imagine a 13-year-old in Peru searching school projects… they’ll find the Eternal Wall, see the database of a million answered prayers, and discover how Jesus has acted in people’s lives," he told Premier.