The construction of the Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer will begin on Wednesday after the charity behind the project reached its £40m fundraising target.

The 51-metre Mobius strip-shaped monument near Coleshill, Warwickshire, will contain one million bricks, each representing a personal story of Jesus answering prayer.

Richard Gamble, former Leicester City FC chaplain and founder, said the project is “a landmark of hope… where everyone represents a testimony, a miracle, an answered prayer”.

The site will also include ten acres of green space and a visitor centre, and it will be visible from the M6, M42, HS2, and Birmingham Airport, potentially exposing 800,000 people weekly to the monument.

Gamble told Premier Christian News he first felt called to the project 21 years ago: 

“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."

He said the monument will inspire faith for 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 said. 

Gamble shared one recent story: a woman struggling with dark thoughts cried out to God and was invited to church the next day. “She now has a happy marriage and family life… stories like this will encourage people for generations," he said. 

The project also aims to preserve Christian heritage. “We need to reintroduce the narrative of what God has done in our country” he added.