Farce enjoyed involving artist breaking into church (7)
I believe the answer is:
charade
'farce' is the definition.
(both can mean absurd or false situation)
'enjoyed involving artist breaking into church' is the wordplay.
'enjoyed' becomes 'had' (I've seen this in other clues).
'involving' is an insertion indicator.
'artist' becomes 'RA' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'breaking into' indicates putting letters inside.
'church' becomes 'CE' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'had' enclosing 'ra' is 'harad'.
'harad' put into 'ce' is 'CHARADE'.
(Other definitions for charade that I've seen before include "Ludicrous pretence" , "Acted riddle - pretence" , "Word-guessing riddle" , "Total pretence (as in game)" , "Farcical pretence" .)