Fair Value Measurements, Carrying Values and Estimated Fair Values of Financial Instruments not Recorded at Fair Value (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Assets [Abstract]
Equity securities, at cost	$ 14,543,343	$ 14,389,189
Minimum [Member]
Liabilities [Abstract]
Policy loan interest rate	4.00%
Maximum [Member]
Liabilities [Abstract]
Policy loan interest rate	8.00%
Level 1 [Member]
Assets [Abstract]
Mortgage loans on real estate	$ 0	0
Investment real estate	0	0
Notes receivable	0	0
Policy loans	0	0
Liabilities [Abstract]
Notes Payable	0
Level 1 [Member] \| Common Stock [Member]
Assets [Abstract]
Equity securities, at cost	0	0
Level 1 [Member] \| Preferred Stock [Member]
Assets [Abstract]
Equity securities, at cost	0	0
Level 2 [Member]
Assets [Abstract]
Mortgage loans on real estate	0	0
Investment real estate	0	0
Notes receivable	0	0
Policy loans	0	0
Liabilities [Abstract]
Notes Payable	24,000,000
Level 2 [Member] \| Common Stock [Member]
Assets [Abstract]
Equity securities, at cost	0	0
Level 2 [Member] \| Preferred Stock [Member]
Assets [Abstract]
Equity securities, at cost	0	0
Level 3 [Member]
Assets [Abstract]
Mortgage loans on real estate	29,183,562	20,802,365
Investment real estate	96,463,112	82,689,332
Notes receivable	17,722,976	17,709,894
Policy loans	7,390,497	8,590,524
Liabilities [Abstract]
Notes Payable	0
Level 3 [Member] \| Common Stock [Member]
Assets [Abstract]
Equity securities, at cost	5,860,000	5,860,000
Level 3 [Member] \| Preferred Stock [Member]
Assets [Abstract]
Equity securities, at cost	8,683,343	8,529,189
Carrying Amount [Member]
Assets [Abstract]
Mortgage loans on real estate	29,183,562	20,802,365
Investment real estate	39,748,261	38,086,391
Notes receivable	17,722,976	17,682,296
Policy loans	7,390,497	8,590,524
Liabilities [Abstract]
Notes Payable	24,000,000
Carrying Amount [Member] \| Common Stock [Member]
Assets [Abstract]
Equity securities, at cost	5,860,000	5,860,000
Carrying Amount [Member] \| Preferred Stock [Member]
Assets [Abstract]
Equity securities, at cost	8,683,343	8,529,189
Estimated Fair Value [Member]
Assets [Abstract]
Mortgage loans on real estate	29,183,562	20,802,365
Investment real estate	96,463,112	82,689,332
Notes receivable	17,722,976	17,709,894
Policy loans	7,390,497	8,590,524
Liabilities [Abstract]
Notes Payable	24,000,000
Estimated Fair Value [Member] \| Common Stock [Member]
Assets [Abstract]
Equity securities, at cost	5,860,000	5,860,000
Estimated Fair Value [Member] \| Preferred Stock [Member]
Assets [Abstract]
Equity securities, at cost	$ 8,683,343	$ 8,529,189

Amount of investment in equity security without readily determinable fair value.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 321
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
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