CHRISTIANS held a protest communion yesterday outside a church centre where arms dealers were holding a conference.

A coalition of groups laid out bread, sang hymns and said prayers as uniformed conference delegates went into Church House for the RUSI Land Warfare Conference, sponsors of which include Lockheed Martin and MBDA Missile Systems.

One banner read: “Jesus’s hands were kind hands, Lockheed’s arms are not.”

Campaigner Emma Anthony, of Fellowship of Reconciliation, said: “The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, should intervene and reject the arms trade for good.

“St Paul’s Cathedral will not take money from arms companies and Church House Conference Centre must follow their lead.”