The carpet is to take across to the church (9)
I believe the answer is:
axminster
'the carpet' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'take across to the church' is the wordplay.
'take across' becomes 'ax' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to the church' becomes 'minster' (minster is a kind of church).
'ax'+'minster'='AXMINSTER'
'is to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for axminster that I've seen before include "Carpet style" , "Devon town; carpet" , "Carpeting" , "It's laid on floor" , "something underfoot?" .)