LOANS RECEIVABLE AND THE ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES (Newly Restructured Loans) (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) contract	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) contract
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructurings [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract	7	17
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 2,555	$ 3,370
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 1,736	$ 3,327
Commerical real estate - owner-occupied [Member]
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructurings [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract	0	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 203
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 203
One-to four-family construction [Member]
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructurings [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract	0	10
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 2,153
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 2,153
Land and land development - residential [Member]
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructurings [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract	2	0
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 1,302	$ 0
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 483	$ 0
Commercial business [Member]
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructurings [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract	0	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 100
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 100
Agricultural business, including secured by farmland [Member]
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructurings [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract	3	0
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 822	$ 0
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 822	$ 0
One- to four-family residential [Member]
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructurings [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract	2	4
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 431	$ 905
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 431	$ 862
Consumer Loan [Member]
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructurings [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract	0	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 9
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 9

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49124121&loc=SL6953676-111524

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