‘Eternal Wall of Prayer’ outside Birmingham gets go-ahead

Aim of 9.3m project is to encourage prayer and preserve Christian heritage of the nation'

An enormous Christian monument, more than twice the size of the Angel of the North, is to be built on the outskirts of Birmingham, fulfilling a vision its instigator says came from God.

The Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer will be constructed using a million bricks, each representing a prayer from a member of the public and its outcome. The aim is to encourage and inspire people going through the storms of life", said Richard Gamble, the project's chief executive and a former chaplain of Leicester City football club.