The church has actual food (6)
I believe the answer is:
cereal
'food' is the definition.
(cereal is a kind of food)
'the church has actual' is the wordplay.
'the church' becomes 'ce' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'has' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'actual' becomes 'real' ('real' can be a synonym of 'actual').
'ce'+'real'='CEREAL'
(Other definitions for cereal that I've seen before include "11 food, maybe" , "Food prepared from grain" , "Grass producing an edible grain" , "Maize, rye or the like" , "Edible grain for breakfast" .)