UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                   FORM 8-K/A

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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       DATE OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported): December 14, 2004

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                           FIRST MERCHANTS CORPORATION
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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          INDIANA                   0-17071                 35-1544218
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission File Number)      (IRS Employer
     of incorporation)                                   Identification No.)

                             200 East Jackson Street
                                  P.O. Box 792
                              Muncie, IN 47305-2814
          (Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

                                 (765) 747-1500
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code)

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Item 5.02.         Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of
                   Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

         (d)      First Merchants Corporation (the "Corporation")  previously
reported on a Form 8-K,  dated  December 14,  2004,  that Dr. Jo Ann M. Gora had
been appointed to the Corporation's Board of Directors.

         On April 14, 2005, Dr. Gora was appointed to the Audit Committee of the
 Corporation's Board of Directors.

                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities  Exchange Act  of 1934,
the  Registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

         DATE:  April 15, 2005.

                                                     FIRST MERCHANTS CORPORATION

                                                     By:  /s/ Larry R. Helms
                                                            Larry R. Helms,
                                                           Senior Vice President