Our group certainly recalled hosting Liberal church leader (6)
I believe the answer is:
wesley
'church leader' is the definition.
'Wesley' can be an answer for 'leader' (Wesley is an example). I am not certain of the 'church' bit.
'our group certainly recalled hosting liberal' is the wordplay.
'our group' becomes 'we' (we or us).
'certainly' becomes 'yes' (both can be used to answer in the affirmative).
'recalled' says the letters should be written in reverse (to recall can mean to bring something back).
'hosting' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are welcomed in or hosted).
'liberal' becomes 'l' (abbreviation).
'yes' backwards is 'sey'.
'sey' placed around 'l' is 'sley'.
'we'+'sley'='WESLEY'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for wesley that I've seen before include "C18 Methodist preacher" , "John --, English preacher" , "Methodist founder" , "Founder of Methodism, d. 1891" , "Samuel Sebastian ---, composer" .)