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BORROWINGS (Details)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) item	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)
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Number of banking borrowing relationships \| item	1
Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings
BORROWINGS
Borrowings	$ 35,000,000	35,000,000	35,000,000
Interest rate on note (as a percent)	1.44%
Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings \| Mortgage related and municipal securities
BORROWINGS
Securities pledged as collateral, amortized cost	$ 7,895,000
Securities pledged as collateral, fair value	7,987,000
Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings \| FHLB stock
BORROWINGS
Stock owned and pledged as collateral	2,169,000
Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings \| One to four family residential real estate
BORROWINGS
Loans pledged as collateral	34,337,000
Line of Credit
BORROWINGS
Borrowings	$ 8,550,000	7,750,000	8,500,000
Variable rate basis	90-day LIBOR
Floor rate (as a percent)	4.00%
Line of Credit \| 90-day LIBOR
BORROWINGS
Variable rate (as a percent)	2.75%
Bank line of credit - wholly owned asset based lending subsidiary
BORROWINGS
Borrowings			2,961,000
Correspondent bank term note, current floor rate of 4%, maturing December 28, 2017
BORROWINGS
Borrowings	$ 2,200,000	2,300,000	2,600,000
Interest rate on note (as a percent)	4.00%
Quarterly principal payment	$ 100,000
Frequency of period payment	quarterly
USDA Rural Development, fixed-rate note payable, maturing August 24, 2024, interest payable at 1%
BORROWINGS
Borrowings	$ 704,000	$ 704,000	$ 778,000
Interest rate on note (as a percent)	1.00%
USDA Rural Development, fixed-rate note payable, maturing August 24, 2024, interest payable at 1% \| First Rural Relending
BORROWINGS
Loans pledged as collateral	$ 114,000
Demand deposit account pledged as collateral	$ 660,000