Seventh Day Baptist Church of Daytona Beach will be allowed to resume weekly free food giveaways through its small food pantry following a year-long battle with the city concerning a ban on redevelopment-area church food pantries.
The church is dropping its lawsuit against the city of Daytona Beach, which was filed in April 2024 — six months after the city ordered the church to shut down its food pantry over a local law that banned church food pantries in the city’s five redevelopment areas. As part of the recent resolution, the city will also enter into a formal settlement agreement, according to The Daytona Beach News-Journal.
