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Ditch sermon? That's bad for body of believers (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

christendom

'body of believers' is the definition.
(the Christian world)

'ditch sermon? that's bad' is the wordplay.
'that's bad' indicates an anagram.
'ditch'+'sermon'='ditchsermon'
'ditchsermon' with letters rearranged gives 'CHRISTENDOM'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for christendom that I've seen before include "all the faithful" , "Worldwide followers of Jesus" , "Area historically dominated by the Church" , "body of believers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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