Loans Receivable, Net (Schedule of loans evaluated individually for impairment and collectively evaluated for impairment in loans receivable) (Details) - USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	$ 0	$ 0
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	11,197,954	11,087,164
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss	11,197,954	11,087,164
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	514,317,762	507,630,182
Construction Loans
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	0	0
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss	2,104,386	2,401,196
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	117,117	19,133
Financing Receivable, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	97,509,783	100,143,127
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	97,626,900	100,162,260
Residential Real Estate 1 [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	0	0
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss	1,870,696	1,663,423
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	1,131,090	1,128,452
Financing Receivable, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	94,863,201	83,837,090
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	95,994,291	84,965,542
Commercial Real Estate 1 [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	0	0
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss	4,736,314	4,832,440
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	750,323	1,046,974
Financing Receivable, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	240,312,510	226,704,690
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	241,062,833	227,751,664
Commercial Business [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	0	0
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss	1,403,818	1,241,828
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	31,446	31,446
Financing Receivable, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	28,489,191	44,657,945
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	28,520,637	44,689,391
Home Equity Line of Credit
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	0	0
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss	606,847	517,512
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	51,544	97,302
Financing Receivable, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	28,544,863	28,514,214
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	28,596,407	28,611,516
Consumer Portfolio Segment
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	0	0
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss	475,893	430,765
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	0	0
Financing Receivable, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	22,516,694	21,449,809
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	$ 22,516,694	$ 21,449,809

Amount of allowance for credit loss on financing receivable. Excludes allowance for financing receivable covered under loss sharing agreement.

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