Managed to have a church in the farm (5)
I believe the answer is:
ranch
'the farm' is the definition.
(ranch is a kind of farm)
'managed to have a church' is the wordplay.
'managed' becomes 'ran' (both can mean organised or was in charge of).
'to have' says to put letters next to each other.
'a church' becomes 'ch' (abbreviation on maps etc).
'ran'+'ch'='RANCH'
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for ranch that I've seen before include "Farm on a large scale" , "Cattle breeding farm" , "US establishment for livestock" , "Agricultural establishment" , "Spread" .)