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	Apr. 01, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Goodwill, Ending Balance		$ 28,388,000		$ 28,388,000				$ 11,942,000				$ 28,388,000	$ 11,942,000	$ 11,942,000
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs				281,000	$ 206,000	$ 3,301,000	$ 311,000	128,000	$ 200,000	$ 0	$ 0	4,099,000	328,000
Assets, Total		1,654,145,000		1,654,145,000				1,290,893,000				1,654,145,000	1,290,893,000
Liabilities, Total		1,409,693,000		1,409,693,000				1,093,525,000				1,409,693,000	1,093,525,000
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent, Ending Balance		244,452,000		244,452,000				$ 197,368,000				244,452,000	197,368,000	$ 188,443,000
Covenant Financial Inc. [Member]
Assets, Total		516,000,000		516,000,000								516,000,000
Liabilities, Total		474,000,000		474,000,000								474,000,000
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent, Ending Balance		42,000,000		42,000,000								42,000,000
Monument Bancorp, Inc [Member]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Total	$ 42,651,000
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Cash, Net of Stock Issuance Costs	$ 9,517,000
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares	1,279,825
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable	$ 32,953,000
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interest Issuance Costs	181,000
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Other Assets				216,000
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Other Liabilities				(14,000)
Goodwill, Purchase Accounting Adjustments				(230,000)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Assets, Total	375,138,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Liabilities, Total	348,933,000
Goodwill, Ending Balance	16,446,000	16,446,000		16,446,000								16,446,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Subordinated Debt	12,375,000
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs												3,812,000	328,000
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs, Net of Tax												3,270,000	$ 305,000
Monument Bancorp, Inc [Member] \| Subordinated debt, Redeemed April 1, 2019 [Member]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Subordinated Debt	5,375,000
Monument Bancorp, Inc [Member] \| Subordinated debt, Redeemed April 1, 2022 [Member]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Subordinated Debt	7,000,000
Early Repayment of Subordinated Debt				500,000
Gain (Loss) on Extinguishment of Debt, Total				$ (10,000)
Monument Bancorp, Inc [Member] \| Core Deposits [Member]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill, Total	$ 1,461,000
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life	4 years 146 days
Monument Bancorp, Inc [Member] \| Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh [Member]
Federal Home Loan Bank Stock	$ 5,478,000
Covenant Financial Inc. [Member]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Total		$ 77,000,000
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs												$ 287,000
Business Combination, Percent Paid in Cash		25.00%
Business Combination, Percent Paid in Equity		75.00%
Covenant Financial Inc. [Member] \| Forecast [Member]
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs			$ 8,000,000
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs, Net of Tax			$ 6,600,000