Supervised the church for a farming community (5)
I believe the answer is:
ranch
'community' is the definition.
(I know that ranch is a type of community)
'supervised the church' is the wordplay.
'supervised' becomes 'ran' (I've seen this in another clue).
'the church' becomes 'ch' (abbreviation on maps etc).
'ran'+'ch'='RANCH'
'for a farming' acts as a link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ranch that I've seen before include "agricultural land" , "Farm on a large scale" , "where stock is held" , "Run a cattle farm" , "stock holding?" .)