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Borrowed Funds (Details Textual) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Borrowed Funds (Details Textual) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2012
Borrowed Funds [Line Items]
FHLB Advances - Carrying Amount	$ 49,250,000	$ 21,500,000
Loans Pledged as Collateral	219,800,000
Converted Federal Home Loan Bank Advances Maturities Summary Due In Five Years	5,000,000	5,000,000
Advances from Federal Home Loan Banks, Total	35,000,000	15,000,000
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank, Amount of Advances	$ 14,300,000	$ 3,500,000
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank, Interest Rate	0.43%	0.27%
Line of Credit, Current		$ 3,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate at Period End		4.25%
Loans from Other Federal Home Loan Banks	$ 49,300,000
Deposits with Other Federal Home Loan Banks	50,000,000
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, General Debt Obligations, Maximum Amount Available	120,600,000
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, General Debt Obligations, Amount of Available, Unused Funds	7,500,000
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Maturities Summary, Due in Next Twelve Months		$ 6,500,000
Federal Home Loan Bank Advances	5,000,000
Payments for Federal Home Loan Bank Advances	5,000,000
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, General Debt Obligations, Disclosures, Repayment and Penalties	$ 872,000
Before Modification [Member]
Borrowed Funds [Line Items]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank, Weighted Average Interest Rate	4.83%
After Modification [Member]
Borrowed Funds [Line Items]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank, Weighted Average Interest Rate	3.98%
Federal Home Loan Bank Advances 1 [Member]
Borrowed Funds [Line Items]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Interest Rate	1.69%
Federal Home Loan Bank Advances 1 [Member] \| Modified Advances 1 [Member]
Borrowed Funds [Line Items]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Interest Rate			4.98%
Federal Home Loan Bank Advances 2 [Member]
Borrowed Funds [Line Items]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Interest Rate	1.62%
Federal Home Loan Bank Advances 2 [Member] \| Modified Advances 2 [Member]
Borrowed Funds [Line Items]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Interest Rate			4.83%
Federal Home Loan Bank Advances [Member]
Borrowed Funds [Line Items]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Interest Rate	0.93%
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, General Debt Obligations, Disclosures, Repayment and Penalties			$ 2,300,000
Federal Home Loan Bank Advances [Member] \| Before Modification [Member]
Borrowed Funds [Line Items]
FHLB Advances - Carrying Amount	$ 15,000,000
Federal Home Loan Bank Advances [Member] \| Modified Other Advances [Member]
Borrowed Funds [Line Items]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Interest Rate			0.93%
Federal Home Loan Bank Advances 3 [Member]
Borrowed Funds [Line Items]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Interest Rate	1.94%
Federal Home Loan Bank Advances 3 [Member] \| Modified Advances 3 [Member]
Borrowed Funds [Line Items]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Interest Rate	4.68%
Federal Home Loan Bank Advances 4 [Member]
Borrowed Funds [Line Items]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Interest Rate	2.06%