Female managed church in the country (6)
I believe the answer is:
france
'country' is the definition.
(France is an example)
'female managed church' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'managed' becomes 'ran' (I've seen this before).
'church' becomes 'ce' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'f'+'ran'+'ce'='FRANCE'
'in the' is the link.
(Other definitions for france that I've seen before include "Country in Europe" , "Can ref travel to a wine region here, say?" , "Can ref come from here?" , "[NAPOLEON] 's place" , "Nice country!" .)