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Fair value of the assets less the liabilities of a derivative or group of derivatives.

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Fixed interest rate related to the interest rate derivative.

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Date the entity entered into the derivative contract, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Date the derivative contract matures, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Maturity period on variable rate advances made and reported by Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank), in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The loss recognized in earnings during the reporting period representing the amount of the cash flow hedges' ineffectiveness.

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DERIVATIVES AND HEDGING (Schedule of Swapped Variable Cost for Fixed Cost and Terms of Interest Rate Swap Agreements) (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Interest rate swaps
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 43,000,000		$ 43,000,000
Fair Value	(12,642,000)		(8,187,000)
Loss on Cash Flow Hedge Ineffectiveness	$ 0	$ 0
Interest rate swaps \| Contract, One
Derivative [Line Items]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Maturity Period, Variable Rate	3 months
Notional Amount	$ 10,000,000		10,000,000
Trade Date	Mar. 18, 2009
Maturity Date	Jun. 30, 2021
Fixed Rate Paid	5.09%
Fair Value	$ (396,000)		(299,000)
Interest rate swaps \| Contract, Two
Derivative [Line Items]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Maturity Period, Variable Rate	3 months
Notional Amount	$ 10,000,000		10,000,000
Trade Date	Jul. 08, 2009
Maturity Date	Jun. 30, 2029
Fixed Rate Paid	5.84%
Fair Value	$ (3,494,000)		(2,318,000)
Interest rate swaps \| Contract, Three
Derivative [Line Items]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Maturity Period, Variable Rate	3 months
Notional Amount	$ 10,000,000		10,000,000
Trade Date	May 06, 2010
Maturity Date	Jun. 30, 2030
Fixed Rate Paid	5.71%
Fair Value	$ (3,686,000)		(2,384,000)
Interest rate swaps \| Contract, Four
Derivative [Line Items]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Maturity Period, Variable Rate	3 months
Notional Amount	$ 5,000,000		5,000,000
Trade Date	Mar. 14, 2011
Maturity Date	Mar. 30, 2031
Fixed Rate Paid	4.35%
Fair Value	$ (1,993,000)		(1,279,000)
Interest rate swaps \| Contract, Five
Derivative [Line Items]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Maturity Period, Variable Rate	3 months
Notional Amount	$ 8,000,000		8,000,000
Trade Date	May 04, 2011
Maturity Date	Jul. 07, 2031
Fixed Rate Paid	4.14%
Fair Value	$ (3,073,000)		(1,907,000)
Forward-Starting Interest Rate Swap \| Contract, One
Derivative [Line Items]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Maturity Period, Variable Rate	1 month
Forward-Starting Interest Rate Swap \| Contract, Two
Derivative [Line Items]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Maturity Period, Variable Rate	1 month
Interest Rate Swap On Loans [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 100,000,000		100,000,000
Trade Date	Jun. 12, 2019
Maturity Date	Jun. 10, 2024
Fixed Rate Paid	1.693%
Fair Value	$ 5,591,000		$ 483,000
Loss on Cash Flow Hedge Ineffectiveness	$ 0