Fellow managed church in the country (6)
I believe the answer is:
france
'the country' is the definition.
(France is an example)
'fellow managed church' is the wordplay.
'fellow' becomes 'f' (abbreviation - of a society etc.).
'managed' becomes 'ran' (both can mean organised or was in charge of).
'church' becomes 'CE' (Church of England).
'f'+'ran'+'ce'='FRANCE'
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for france that I've seen before include "Can ref come from here?" , "in E" , "Anatole ---, Fr. novelist" , "Rouen's country" , "[NAPOLEON] 's place" .)