Get to a church, after religious education (5)
I believe the answer is:
reach
'get to' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'a church after religious education' is the wordplay.
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'religious education' becomes 'RE' (abbreviation).
'a'+'ch'='ach'
'ach' after 're' is 'REACH'.
(Other definitions for reach that I've seen before include "Scope; get to" , "Get to; extent" , "range" , "Come up to - stretch between bends" , "Stretch of river: achieve" .)