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A monument to answered prayer begins to rise in a secularizing England
The 168-foot monument will feature one million digitally linked bricks sharing stories of answered prayer to engage a nation where only 21% pray daily, organizers say.
- Last week, Richard Gamble broke ground on the Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer, a 168-foot-tall monument near COLESHILL on the outskirts of Birmingham, set to open in 2028 with a 45 million pound cost.
- Gamble says his faith journey began twenty years ago after a vision, aiming to inspire prayer in a U.K. where only 21% pray daily and Christian share declined to 49%.
- A global design competition produced 133 entries from 28 countries and selected a U.K. design firm with Möbius strip concept, funded by the Edmiston family company plus about 22,000 individual contributors.
- Gamble hopes the project will provoke encounters with Jesus and motivate seekers outside churches, expecting even skeptics to engage while his team compiles testimonies of 500 words or three minutes.
- In a polarized environment, the design’s neutrality likely aided North Warwickshire Borough Council’s 2020 approval, but only Christian prayers on the wall could spark debate about religious exclusion.
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A monument to answered prayer begins to rise in a secularizing England
COLESHILL, England (RNS) — Richard Gamble’s passion for Jesus has always been outsize. Twenty years ago, he had a vision from God to drag a 9-foot wooden cross for 77 miles during Holy Week leading up to Easter.
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