Question from church everybody English expects initially (9)
I believe the answer is:
challenge
'question' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'church everybody english expects initially' is the wordplay.
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'everybody' becomes 'all' (I've seen this before).
'english' becomes 'eng'.
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'expects' is 'e'.
'ch'+'all'+'eng'+'e'='CHALLENGE'
'from' is the link.
(Other definitions for challenge that I've seen before include "Invite to contest, throw down the gauntlet" , "Ask to take part in a contest" , "Ask for identification" , "call for proof" , "Issue an invitation to compete" .)