Place to buy drinks in can that helps to fund the church (5,4)
I believe the answer is:
tithe barn
'place to buy drinks in can that helps to fund the church' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how they can define each other.
'in can that helps to fund the church' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'can' becomes 'tin' (both are metal containers).
'that helps' becomes 'the' (I've seen this in other clues).
'to fund the church' becomes 'bar' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'the'+'bar'='thebar'
'tin' placed around 'thebar' is 'TITHE-BARN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tithe barn that I've seen before include "historic building?" , "Where some taxes are collected" , "tax shelter?" , "old building" , "Archaic construction" .)