A ship you reportedly managed had church's guarantees (10)

I believe the answer is:

assurances

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'guarantees' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'a ship you reportedly managed had church's' is the wordplay.
'ship' becomes 'SS' (prefix in ship names eg SS Great Britain).
'reportedly' shows a homophone (sound like).
'managed' becomes 'ran' (both can mean organised or was in charge of).
'had' says to put letters next to each other.
'church's' becomes 'CE's' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'you' sounds like 'u'.
'a'+'ss'+'u'+'ran'+'ces'='ASSURANCES'

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(Another definition for assurances that I've seen is " Promises".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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