Holy man has a point on church policy (6)
I believe the answer is:
stance
'policy' is the definition.
(I've seen this in other clues)
'holy man has a point on church' is the wordplay.
'holy man' becomes 'st'.
'has' says to put letters next to each other.
'point' becomes 'n' (N is an example**).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'church' becomes 'ce' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'st'+'a'+'n'+'ce'='STANCE'
(Other definitions for stance that I've seen before include "Standpoint" , "Position of the body or an attitude" , "One's physical or mental attitude" , "Posture assumed" , "Player's posture for making, say, golf stroke" .)