African country’s evil intent ignored by Anglican church (4)
I believe the answer is:
mali
'african country's' is the definition.
(country in Africa)
'evil intent ignored by anglican church' is the wordplay.
'evil intent' becomes 'malice' (I've seen this before).
'ignored by' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'anglican church' becomes 'CE' (Church of England).
'malice' with 'ce' taken out is 'MALI'.
(Other definitions for mali that I've seen before include "African state's" , "African country, once French Sudan" , "Country of West Africa" , "Indian gardener; African republic" , "Land" .)