E. D. Mondainé

Biography

Elbert Darrell ("E. D.") Mondainé (1959–2025) was a pastor and political activist in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. He was ordained in 1982 as a Southern Baptist minister. He moved to Portland in 1985. In Portland, he founded the Celebration Tabernacle church in 1988 and gradually became influential in local politics. He became president of the local chapter of the NAACP in 2018. He initially ran for reelection in 2020, but after an "accountability group" of NAACP members, Rise Up PDX, ran a slate of candidates against his administration and the Portland Mercury published an exposé alleging criminal and unethical behavior throughout his career, he dropped his reelection bid on October 15. Two days after the Mercury story was published, the chapter board voted 7-3 for Mondainé's immediate resignation. Mondainé initially refused to step down, and was quoted in the Mercury asserting that the board was in fact standing by him.

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