Commending the organisation's work, The Rev Loraine Mellor, President of the Methodist Conference said: "Nuclear weapons are totally opposed to the love that God has for humankind. They represent a denial of hope, a challenge to community and a threat to peace.
"We live in a world of tension and it is becoming abundantly clear that nuclear weapons do not make us safer but are themselves a source of fear and dispute."
Berit Reiss-Andersen, the Nobel committee chair, said Ican was selected due to the group's "groundbreaking efforts to achieve a treaty prohibition" on nuclear weapons".
The prize's committee also honoured the group for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons".
Citing current tension from the North Korean administration, Reiss-Andersen added: "We live in a world where the risk of nuclear weapons being used is greater than it has been for a long time."
A Trident nuclear submarine
The Methodist Church has consistently stated that nuclear weapons are incompatible with ethical principles and international law, advocating for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons through resources and support of community action.
Jill Baker, Vice-President of the Methodist Conference said the recognition of the important work Ican does "could not be more appropriate".
She added: "Through this campaign, peace activists, lawyers, city mayors, faith leaders, survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and many others are speaking with one voice. The message is clear: there can be no moral or legal justification for threatening whole populations with devastating and indiscriminate nuclear weapons.
"Following the introduction of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the test of a responsible nuclear weapons power will be its commitment to present concrete plans for progressing towards a world without nuclear weapons."
Ican, a coalition of hundreds of non-governmental organisations and faith groups, has been instrumental in getting the majority of the world's nations to sign up to a UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. In recognition for their work towards peace, the group will receive £940,000 in prize money towards their cause.
