Managed church next to farm (5)
I believe the answer is:
ranch
'to farm' is the definition.
(I know that ranch is a more specific form of the action farm)
'managed church next' is the wordplay.
'managed' becomes 'ran' (both can mean organised or was in charge of).
'church next' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation. I am not sure about the 'next' bit.).
'ran'+'ch'='RANCH'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ranch that I've seen before include "Large farm rearing particular livestock" , "American house?" , "agricultural land" , "Cowboy's workplace" , "Large US cattle farm" .)